Lunar Sample 15596
Mission | Apollo 15 |
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Lithology | basalt |
Location | Lunar samples 15595 and 15596 were chipped from a small boulder near the edge of Hadley Rille in an area called The Terrace |
Description | a finegrained, porphyritic mare basalt with conspicuously irregularly distributed vugs. 15596 has the same texture but with somewhat larger pyroxenes, and a groundmass that is more crystalline. |
Laboratory Views (Mug Shots)
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Thin Sections
In Situ
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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 Sample15596