Lunar Sample 15536
Mission | Apollo 15 |
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Lithology | basalt |
Location | Lunar samples 15535 and 15536 were chipped from a small boulder (0.75 m) that was about 20 meters from the edge of Hadley Rille in an area called The Terrace. |
Description | is a fine-grained, olivine-bearing mare basalt in which fine-grained pyroxenes are enclosed in poikilitic plagioclases and olivine phenocrysts are scattered. 15535 is finer-grained than 15536 chipped from the same boulder. |
Laboratory Views (Mug Shots)
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Thin Sections
In Situ
AS15-82-11126 |
AS15-82-11138 |
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Cutting and Miscellaneous Lab Views
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Stereo Views
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Other Information
Lunar Sample Atlas Lunar Sample15536