Lunar Sample 15661
Mission | Apollo 15 |
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Sample Type | rake |
Lithology | basalt |
Location | collected as a rake sample from the Terrace on Hadley Rille (station 9a, Apollo 15). |
Description | rounded surface from micrometeorite bombardment (and is sort of shaped like a golf ball). However, it is vesicular, vuggy and has a few olivine phenocrysts; typical of olivine-normative basalts. |
Thin Sections
![]() 15661,2 S71-61145 |
![]() 15661,6 S71-61096 |
![]() 15661,7 S72-17152 |
![]() 15661,8 S72-18268 |
![]() 15661,8 S72-18269 |
![]() 15661,8 S72-18270 |
![]() 15661,8 S72-18271 |
![]() 15661,8 S72-18272 |
![]() 15661,8 S72-18273 |
![]() 15661,8 S72-18274 |
In Situ
![]() AS15-82-11123 |
![]() AS15-82-11151 |
![]() AS15-82-11152 |
![]() AS15-82-11153 |
![]() AS15-82-11154 |
![]() AS15-82-11155 |
Cutting and Miscellaneous Lab Views
![]() S71-49527 |
![]() S71-49528 |
![]() S71-49529 |
![]() S71-49530 |
Other Information
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