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Type moon atlas1/6/2024 ![]() (terrestrial analogue) medium grained gabbro These broken up fines from larger rocks do not make a statistical sample. This was collected about 30 meters northwest of LM on EVA-1. Subangular to subrounded, medium dark grey brecciaġ2003 is coarse (>1cm) split from 12001, along with friable material from the bottom of the sample box. Subangular, medium dark grey, fine breccia There are few fragments and it is difficult to scoop deeper than 5 cm below the surface. Soil is fine grained and hard in this sample area. The documented sample was collected 5 meters north of the LM, the bulk sample was collected in front of quad IV by pouring scoops of loose soil to fill the voids left between rock samples in the bulk sample container. The contingency sample was taken in front of quad IV of the LM. Rounded to subrounded, dark grey to black, partly devitrified microbreccia with no large lithic clasts ![]() Subangular, medium grey, partly devitrified fine breccia Rounded, medium dark grey, partly devitrified microbreccia with low lithic clast contentĪngular, medium dark grey, partly devitrified microbreccia with low lithic clast content Subangular, dark grey, partly devitrified fine breccia with many small lithic clasts and few large clasts Sub-angular, dark grey, partly devitrified microbreccia with low glass content Sub-angular, dark grey, partly devitrified typical breccia with relatively high glass clast contentĪngular, dark to light grey, highly devitrified fine breccia with high glass clast content Partly devitrified, medium grey fine breccia with marked matrix differences between zones Slightly devitrified typical breccia with relatively low lithic clast content Rounded to subrounded, medium light grey, fine brecciaįine-grained vesicular intersertal basalt with a pyroxene-ilmenite network hosting smaller plagioclase crystals and abundant mesostasis.Īngular to sub-angular, medium dark grey microbreccia Medium-grained subophitic basalt composed of clinopyroxene, two generations of plagioclase, ilmenite with subordinate cristobalite pyroxferroite and mesostasis. Sub-rounded, medium dark gray, fine breccia Partly devitrified typical breccia with a relatively low amount of glass fragments Partly devitrified breccia with low lithic clast content Highly devitrified breccia with high glass clast contentįine-grained, poikilitic, vesicular basalt composed of clinopyroxene, plagioclase, two generations of ilmenite and subordinate opaques and mesostasis Medium-grained subophitic basalt composed of clinopyroxene, two generations of plagioclase, ilmenite with subordinate cristobalite and mesostasis. Which is hosted by our colleagues at Arizona State University. Includes all samples for which thin-section views are available.Īnother subset, the Virtual Microscope catalog, provides interactive views of selected thin sections as they would be seen through a microscope.Īnother rich source of thin-section views by William Phinney (formerly with the NASA Johnson Space Center)Īnd Howard Wilshire (formerly with the U.S. The process of scanning lunar sample images continues and the atlas will grow in the future.Ī subset of this collection, the Apollo Thin Sections catalog, Version 1 of the atlas was released in August 2009 and version 2 was released in July 2010. Links to additional information about each sample are provided for those that haveīeen previously described in The Lunar Sample Compendium and Lunar Sample Catalogs. The lithology (e.g., basalt, norite), and a description of the sample. The atlas contains information about the type of sample (e.g., rock, soil), This library of images provides pictures of the Apollo samples taken in the Lunar Sample Laboratory,įull-color views of the samples in microscopic thin-sections,Ĭutting views and diagrams that illustrate how the samples were subdivided for scientific analyses,Īnd in situ views of the samples on the lunar surface.
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