Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Catalog Part 2 15306-15468

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October
1985
GRAHAM RYDER
(Lunaarn dP lanetIanrsyt itute;
Northrop SeIrnvci.c)e s,
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NatioAnearlo nauatnidc s
SpacAed ministration
LyndoBn.J ohnsSopna ceC enter
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CATALOOGF
APOLL1O5R OCKS
Part 1523.0 6-15468
GRAHAM RYDER
(Lunaarn dP lanetIanrsyt itute;
Northrop SerIvnicc.e)s ,
1985
October
i
CATAI�GO F APOLLO 15 ROCKS
CONTENTS:
PART l. Introductio,n mission overview,s ampling
sites, and inventory of
samples.
15015- 15299
PART 2. 15036- 15468
PART 3 . 1560-5 15698
References
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15306
15306 REGOLITBHR ECCIA ST. 7 1342. g
INTRODUICONT: 1530i6s a typicagll asys regoilthb reccia. It
contaignlsa sass b allasn ds hadrs,m anyu ndveitrfiide;s ome
lithic( undveitrifdi)ef ragmesn;ta ndn umeroumsi neraflr agments
ina glasys,o paquber ownm atirx. It cotnainosn ec laswth ichi s
probabla yp risitneh ighlanidgsn eoulsit holo.g Myacrosciocapll,y
it isb rowinsh-gra,y subanuglara ndc oheren(tFi g. 1). Its
surfacies i rregulaanrd h asa fewz app it.s 1530w6a sc ollected
witht hes oils amplaet t her akes iteo nt hen orth-earsitm o f
spurC rater.
PETROLO:G Y15036i s rae golibtrhe cci(aFi g. 2). Ith as an
opaqu,e brwon, glassym atri.x Accorditnog WentwoarntdhM cKay
(1984)it iss ubpourso, withd ena sitoyf 2 .43 gmjcm.s Glass
sphereasn ds hardasr ep rominnte, andi nculdeg ree,n yellow,
orang,e ancdo lorlevsasr iteie.s Mosta reu ndveitrfiie,d buta
fewa reb rownb ecausoef devitriftiicnoa. Besta ndM inki(n 197)2
includ1ed5 30g6l asisn sae rieosf analysoefsA pollo1 5g las,s
butt abulatoendl yo neg lasasn alyiss. Much 15o3f 0c6on sitss of
mineraflra gmenst.
Figur1e . Macrsocopivci we of1 530,60f ollowingb reakagoef s ome
splitfsr omt hev isbiles ide. Prominecnlta sitn
centeirs l abelle'd' A''S·- 714-440.1
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Figur2e . Photomriocgrapohf 1 530,66,ge neramla trivxi we.
Transmittleigdh t. Widtha bout2 mm.
Lihtic ctlsaa sreg enearllys parsaen ds mall. Oned epitcedi n
Figur2e isa pparental pyl gaiocla-speoilkiiticm areb asal.t
Warreann dW asso(n1 98d0e)s cribaendd cmhiecayl lanalyztewdo
clatss, bothh ighlan,d osneo fw hichi sp robablpyr isitne. The
"probablpyr istine" c(lCL2as1t)i sa bout8 x m7m isnu rface
expersison. Itc onisstsm odalloyf a bout5 5%p lagioscela,2 5%
orthorpoyxnee,2 0%o lviin,e and1 %o paqeus. Mosto ft he
plagiocliassm ea skenliytidz,e witthhe m askelynistlieg htly more
calci�cA n9t4h.an1n )on-rnaskeiltyinzde plgaioclas(eA n93.2)
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Them af1cg ra1nasr el esst han0 .3mm acorssa nda res catteedr.
Mineraclo mposiitonsa res howni n Figur3e . Metalc ompsoitions
suggestth att he clastp riisst ei;na lhtought hec hemical
analyisss uggescto ntamaitnio,n thism ihgt be from1 5306 matrix
whichi sd iffuilctt o separaftreo mt hec las.t A seconcdl ast
(C2L5,) 5 x 5i s noptr isti.n eIt isa neritiacn ortshiote
mm,
containi7n9g%p lgaiolcase,a ndi se ssentilayla poylmictb reccia
withs omeg raunlitict extrue. Mineraclo mpositnisoa res howni n
Figur4e ands howa widev ariaotni.
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Minerla cpoomsiitonsi n C25( Warreann d sWsaon, 1980.)
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CHE11I$1'RYOn:l y C, N,a ndS analysheasv eb eenr eportefodr the
bulk matrix( Table 1). Twoc lastwse rea nalyzde form ajor and
tracee lement(s Table1 ); theirr aree artpha tternasr e shown in
Figur5e. Thec hemistsruyg gsetst hat boctlha stasr e
contaminawtietdh m eteoriitcm ateiral, butW arreann dW asson
(9180)su ggestth atC L21 is "probabplryi stei"n, on thbea siso f
homogeneomuisn eraclo mpositoinsa ndm etalc ompositnis,o even
thougiht ss iderohpileasr eh ihg andi ts raeraer thp atterins
essetnialyl thato fK REPE. Then on-rpistnie clats CL25a lsoh as
a KREEPr aree arthp atte.r n
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PROCESSING ANDS UBDVIISION:S Althoug1h 5306 ciosh ere,n itt was
fractured a afnedwp iecesf ello ff, and earallyol ctainosm ade
fromt hem.O neo ft hosef ragment(s4, )w asu sedt om aket he
matritxh ins ection,s5a nd, 6, withm ucho fp ottebdu tt, 4
rnmnir,ln•OJn.n of tnhlnl ocntionnf or the cl.nanntanl yzedb y
in ,
made from a clast (C L25 ) .'l'h e
V/<.U:Ten and Wasson was 1
probablpyr isitnec last( CL21)w as laebllde 'B'''i n data paancdk s
wass crapefdr om Theg enealoogfy t hostew os apmlesi ss hown
,o.
inF igur6e. Thec lastvsi sbilei nF igur1e includ"eA '('la rg,e
centerw)hi chw ass apmledb uts toreadn dn ota llcoate.d Thet wo
others mallo nest o threi hgt in Figur1e are" C"a nd" D"
respectivaenldyh aven otb eena lolcate.d
l..isi:J.lDI.....i· Ge.naalogy t.wo 15306 claaatl..l ocatecll
vitl:l current oufa• •• locations. toW aaaon,
and
107.3 h"iatinav ault
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·" 0.0789 Prbtinav ault
0,.r-·208-'-3 --ti--(q� -o,t tbeuc!t t) ,(207. 027g)
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TABL1E35 0-61. Chemiacnaall yosfem sa tr(i,x 11)
andt ow clas(t2,s3 a nd, 72)
Matrix (CL)2 1 (CL25)
'I : ,23 ,27
Wt Si02 47.3 458.
% Ti02 1.8 0.43
Al203 18.0 27.8
8.9 4.6
FeO 1.29 4.6
�C aO 16.0
Na20 0I. .4I2 7 04.95
K20 0.050 0.197
P025
(ppm)S c 16.3 8.8
vC r 2790 642
Mn 1040 520
Co 28.7 17.2
Ni 26 29
Rb
Sr
y
480 290
ZNrb
Hf 10.7 5.5
Ba 402 1640
Th 4.4 3.3
u 1.6 0.81
Pb
La 21.4 16.0
Ce 53 39
Pr
Nd 34 23
Sm 9.81 6.39
Eu 1.50 12.4
Gd
2.0 1.5
Tb
-HDyo
Er
Tm
Yb 7.7 5.7
Lu 1.31 o.81
Li
Be
B
c 170
N 83
810
s
F
Cl
CRru
Zn 0.45 1.25
(pbp) I
At
Ga 2.7 3.3
0.0089 0.027
G<!A s
Se
Mo
Tc
RRuh
Pd
Ag
Cd <0.005 0.006
In 4.0 2.6
Sn
Sb
Te Reefrencaensdm ethods:
Cs
Ta 2500 660 (1)C ripaen dM oor(e91 7)5,M ooer and (1976);
comubstoint-itroan,tc iomubstiaoLennwtdg s a n chromatography.
w 0.063
ROes ()2 Warrena ndW asson( 9180)I;NA A,
Ir 0.61 54 bead. RNAA,m icroprobe fused
Pt I.
Au 0.36 0.21
Hg
TBIi
()2 ()2
(I)
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15307
15307 HOLLOGWL ASSS PHERE ST. 7 1.3g
INTRUOCDTION: 1530i7s far gaile,h ollow glasssp herew,i tha
lip( Fig. 1). It idsa rkg ree/nblack. Itss urfacies s mooth
withv eryf ewz app it,s ando neh alfi ss hin,y theo therdu sty
(Fig. 1). Thes amplies b rokesnl igthly, revealign its
hollwoness, anda t leaswth erei ti sb roketnh ew allsa re
extremetlhyi n. Ith asn everb eenp rocessoerd a lolcate.d It
waso besrvebd yt hea srtonautosn t hel unars urfacaen dp uti nto
thec ontainceorn taiinngt hes oilf romw hichi tw ast aken( Bailye
andU lrich, 1975.) Itnh el ab itw asr etrvieeda ndg ivena
separartoec kn umbe.r Thes apmlew asc olelctewdi tht hes oil
sapmlea tt her akes iteo nt hen orht-easrti mo fs pur tCrear.
Figur1e . Glasssp her1e5 037.S -7-143037
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