Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Catalog Part I 15015-15299

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CATALOOGF
AP()L1L5RO O CKS
Par1t. 1 5015-15299
CuratoBrriaanlc Phu blication
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JSC
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October
1985
GRAHAM RYDEH
(Lunaarn dP lanetary Institute;
NorthrSoepr vicIensc,. )
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NatioAnearlo naauntdi cs
SpacAed ministration
LyndoBn.J ohnsSopna ceC enter
Hc-ustToenx,a s
CATALOOGF
APOLL1O5R OCKS
Par1t. 1 5015--15299
GRAHAM RYDER
(LunaanrdP laneItnasrtyi tute;
NorthSreorpv iIcnecs.,)
1985
October
TABLEO F CONTENTS
PART1 .
Introcdtuino. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(.ii.i.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Acknolwedgements ( vi)
• . . . . . . . . . . • . • . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . .
TheA pollo1 5M isison. . . . . . . . . . . . . .(.v). . . . . . . . . . . .
Numberinogf A pollo1 5S apmles (xi)
. . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Apollo1 5R ockS apmle:s BasicI nvenotry. . . (.x.i.i i)
SketcMha pso fA pollo1 5S apmlingS ites. . . (.xx.ii.)
Sapmles1 501-51529.9. . . . ............. . . . .1. . . . . . . .
PART2 .
Sapmles1 5036- 15468 339
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PART3 .
Samples1 547-51 5698 779
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References
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INTRODUICOTN
Thisc atalocgh aracteriezaecsho f2 67i ndividlulayn umberedr ock
samplesi nt heA pollo1 5c ollcetio,n showinwgh ate achs amplies
andw hati sk nowna bouti t. Uncnosoildatedr egolit(hso il)
sapmlesa ren oti nclud.e dThec ataloigs intendetdo bues edb y
bothr esearcherrse quirisnagpm lea llcoationasn da broad
audiencien terestiendA poll1o5 r ock.s Thes ampled escripntsi o
area rrangeidn n umreicaolr de,r clsoelyc orresnpdoingt o the
samplec ollcetiosnt atio.n sSome pslamesw hich wenruemb ereda s
rocksa rea ctulalyc olelctionosf smallf ragmesn.t
Informatioonn s amplec ollcetio,n petrographyc,h emist,r sytable
andr adiogeniiscto opse,s urfacceh aracrtiesti,c sphiycsal
propeirets, andc uratroialp rocessiinsgs umamrized and
referencaesd f ara s it iksn ow.n Thei ntentihoans b eent o be
comprehseivne--tion cludael lp ublihseds tuideso f anyk indw hich
providien fomrationo n a sapmle, asw ella ss omeu npulbihsed
infomration. Some exceptioanrsem adew heret hes amer esearch
groupp ublihsedt hes amed ataa ndc onclusiionnt sw oj ournals, in
whichc aseo ner eferen(cuseu alltyh ee arlieri)s c hose;n ifo ne
ist heP roceedinogfs t heL unarS cineceC onfercee,n this
referenicses eelcte.d Referencwehsi cha rep rimaribluyl k
interpretatoifoe nxsi sntgi data( uscha sm ixinmgo desl)o rm ere
listso f spalmesa rer areliyn clud.e dTher eferencaerse
completet o early1 985.F oreiglnan guagjeo urnlasw eren ot
scurtinizde,b uta s far awse cant elll ittled ata hbaese n
publihsedo nlyi ns uchj ouranls.
Thisc atalodgif fersfr omt heC ataloogf A pollo1 6R ock,s JSC
1690(491 80i)n t hata llc hmeicadla tai st abualte,d insteaodf
"bestg-uess"a veraegs. Rare-eardtiha gramasr ec ompuetr-poltted
to a conssitents calfeo re asyc ompariosn; analysweist hf ewer
thant hreer are-etahr pointasr ei nm ostc asenso tp lotetd.
Muchv aluablien formatieoxni stisn t heo riginAaplo ll1o5 S ample
InformatiCoant alo(g91 71.) Howveer, thatc atalowga sc ompilde
andp ublihsedo nlyt hreem onthasf tetrh em ission itsefl,f rom
rapidd esrciptionofsu sualldyu stc-overerdo ck,s usuallwyi htout
anythinogt hert hanm acroscopoibcs evration,s andl esso ftent hin
sectio.n sSincet he,n ther ockhsa veb eens tudie,d analzyed,a nd
split,w ithm anyp ublihsedp apres. Thesmea ket heo riginal
cataloign adequea,to utmdoed, andi ns ome caesrerso nueso,
providitnhge m otivatifoonr t hisr evision. Howevre,t heA pollo
15s amplIen formatiCoant alo(g91 71c)o ntaimnosr ei nformationo n
macroscopoibsce rvatifoonrsm osts amplest hand oest hep reesnt
volum.e
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ACKNOWLDEGEMENTS
ManyN orthrospe rvices, Inc., personnienlt heP lanetary
MateiralsL aboratowroyr keodn t hec ompiltaiono ft hisc atalog,
overa perioodf a feywe ar.s AleneS immonsd iligently
translatuendi tnelilgiblhea nwdritinign toa ccuratien putfso r
all text taabnlde .s JennyS eltrz,eL ees mit,h andJ o Ann
Wolfshohslu pportdeadt ap ackr esecahr andt hins ectiolnib rary
work. AndreMao sie assitsedi ni nspectioofn s everarlo ck
sapmlesi nt hel aboratyo.r Claier Dardanpor oducetdh ec omptuer­
generatreadr ee atrh elementd iagram.s Final produwcatsi on
supevrisebdy JudyA llto.n CluadineR obbs erveads g rapihcs
teachearn dc oordinatfoorrt hed atai nputa ndl ayoutte amo f Joe
Hodap,p Robbie Ma,r RleonweM artienz, CeciliSaa ttwehrit,e and
Lindaw att.s
outsideo ft heC uratoriLaalb orat,o rsyeveraple rsondsi rectloyr
indirectplryo ivdeda sssitanc.e Sourceso f unpbulihsedd ata are
quoteddi rectliyn t het ex.t G.JT.a ylo(r Universiotfy New
Mexicop)r ovidesde veraplh otomicrogroafp rhask es ampels.
Thec atalowga sp roducewdi tht hee ncouramgeen,t suppo,r t and
pressuroef D.B lanchar(dNA SA: PlanetarMya teiralsC uratro);
s.
Waltz( NSI: PlanetarMya teiralsL aboratoMrayn ag)er;t heL unar
andP lanetya Srampltee amd urinigt sc hairmanshbiyp Os. .B James
andL .AT.a ylor;a ndK .B urke( Direcotr,L unara ndP lanetary
Instuitte).
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THEA POLL1O 5M ISSINO
on July3 0,1 97,1 theA pollo1 5l unamro dulFea lco,n descending
overt he4 ,000m eter ApenMnoiunntea inf ron,t landeadt oneo f
then tosgteo logicaldliyv ersseit ess electeindt heA pollo
progr,a mtheH adely-Apennirneeg io.n AstronauDtasv eS cotta nd
Jim Irwbirno ughtth es pacecraofntt oa marep lani just inside
them ostp rominemnotu tnainr ings tructuorfet heI mbriubma sni,
theM onteAsp eninnesc haiwnh ichm arksi tss outheastteorpno ­
grapihcr im, andc losteo t hes inuousH adleRyi lle( Fig. 1). The
maino bjectiveso f thmei sisonw eret o investigaatndes ample
materialosf t heA pennine Firtosnte l(fxe pectetdo b e Imbrium
ejectaa ndp reI-mbriumma teiral)s,o fH adleRyi lle,a ndo ft he
marel avaosf P aluPsu treidnis( Fgi.2 ). A packagoef seven
surfaceex perimsen,it ncludihnega tf lowa ndp assvie seimsic,w as
alsos etu p and1 152s urfacpeh otograpwhesr et ake.n A tele­
visino camera, dataa cquisiti(osenq uencec)am er,a anodrb ital
phootgraphayn dc hemciald atap rovidemdo rei nformaiton. The
Apollo1 5m issiowna st hef irsdte voteadl mosetn tiretlyo
scienc,e andt hef irstto u sea Roverv ehiclweh ichc onisderably
extendetdh el engtho f thter avrese,s froma total 3o.f 5 on
km
Apollo1 4t o2 5. 3 durintgh ree sepatrraatever seosn Apollo1 5
km
(Fig. 3). Thec olelcteds apmlem assw asa lmosdto ulbed, from4 3
kg on Apollo1 4 t7o8 k g onA pollo1 5. Ar eductioinn the
plannedt ravesrel engthw asm aden ecessar,y inp artb y unexpected
andt ime-consumidnigf ifcultiienst hec ollcetioon ft hed eep
cores ampl(e at thee xperimenptasc kagaer e)a. Thust heN orth
Complxe, hai ll,y cratererde gioonf d ipsutabloer giin, wasn ot
visite.d Nonehtelestsh em isison wvaesr ys uccessful.
TheA pollo1 5m issiopnr oducebdo the xpecteadn du nexepcted
resul.t sAse xpect,e mdareb asalsta pmlesw erec ollcetedo n the
marep lains. No evidencwea sf oundt o changteh ep rem-issni o
interpretatoifoH na dleRyi llaes ca ollpasedl avat ubeo r
channel. Mareb asaltwse rea lsos apmleda lmositn situ at the
rilleed ge atnhde o nlyo bservatioofn isn situ bedrocekv erm ade
on theM oonw eret hoseo nt heH adlye Rillew all. Them are
basaltfso mr twdoi stnict cmhiecaglr opus, botho fw hichh avet he
same age( 3.b3. y).,S r-isotocphiacr acrtietsic,s andr are-aerth
elmeentp attenrs. Theo neg rou,p olivineo-rnmati,v ceontains
manyv esiculsapre cinmse, ands howsa n olivinef ractionation
tren.d Samplesa rem ainlmye diumt-oc oarse-gra.i nTehdeo ther
grou,p quatrz-normavte,i isp igeonite-phaynrdii cn cludbeost h
vitrpohyriacn dc oarser-agineedx apmle.s Howeevr, its hows
littlef ractionataito anl l. A foetwh erm areb asaltmsa y
represednits tnictf lwos.
An unexpectfeidn dw ase merladg reeng lass, whichi s maa re
volcanipcr oudct. It ipsr imitiivnec hemistarnyd i sootpic
charcateristibcusth as aang es imilatro them areb asal.t sIt
isu biquit,o ubsutm ostc ommoonn t heA penninFer ontw herei ti s
locallpyr esenats failry purec lod.s Severals lightlbyu t
disitnctldyi fferencth emcials ubgrouopfst hisv eryl owr-i glass
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Figure( i.) Apollo and Luna sapmling locations
(58341-673)
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100 KM
Fiugre( ii). Apollo1 5l andinsgit e area( metricca mera
frameA S-15M--0415)
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Fiugre( iii.) Apollo1 5t raversaensd s amplingl ocations
(AS-51--M0415)
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occu.r Two otvhoelrc anigcl astsy pes gorfo ssldyi fefrent
chmeisrty,y ellow intemrediate-i Tandr edh ighT-i,a rep reesnta t
thes iteb uta red ipsersedde poists.
TheA penninFer onts amplesi ncludmea nyb rowng lassyr egoilth
brecciarsa nginfgr omf riablcel odtso coherenrto cks. These
brecciacso ntaimna reb asalatn dg reeng lasasn do nlym inor
conspcuioush ighland-vdeedrm iaterlisa,h enceh avea no rigimnu ch
latetrh anI mbrmiu. Surcehg olibthr ecicas, withv aried
chemistryg enerallsyim ilatro locarle golith,s arec ommon
throughotuhte l andinsgit e. Highlanmdaste rialisn clude
catalcasidz eorb recciatiegdn eourso cks including ferroan
anortohsites( e.,g ".Genesisr ock"1 5145), norties, ands pinel­
bearintgr ocotlite,s asw ella s impacmte ltsa ndm etampohrosed
brecicas. Unepxectedltyho ug,h distnictlyh ighlansdasmp lesa re
rarea ndg enreallsym all. TheA penninFer ont iins f actr ather
smoot,h ando nlyt hreem eters-izde boulderwse reo bservecdl ose
enougtho thep lnanedt raversteos s apmle. Two oft hesea re
postI-mbirume xotic.s Thea veragceo mpositioofn t heA pennine
Fron,t ass uggestebdy regolitchhem isrty mixingm odlesa ndt he
composiotniso f impactg lassesi nt he roeligth, isa low-KKR EEP
basaltciocmp ositoin ("oLw-KF raM auro)".s everailm pacmte lt
rocksh avet hisg eneraclo mpsoitionw hichh asn everb eenf ounda s
a pritsinei gneourso ckt ype.
Anotheurn expectdeids covewrays the copmrmeosne ncoef volcanic
KREEP( K,R EE, P,a ndo theri ncompiablte-emleen-tenriched)
basal,t tshougohn lya ss mallfr agmtesn. Onlyt woa rei ncluded
amongn umebredr ocks. Theya re- 3.58 b..y old, an age
indisintgusihalbef romt hato ft heI mbirumb asin. TheKR EEP
fragmenatrse u biquituos, puta lthougphr e-ma,r aerem ostc ommon
in regolitfhrso ma rountdh el unamro dule, on top otfh em are
flwos.
Thev arietoyf Apollo 15s amplesr eflectthse v areity otfe rrains
int hev icniityo ft hel andinsgit e, andt hei mpressive
stratiagprhics ecitonr anginfgr omp re-Imbritaon C openriacn.
Referencteos d etailde studieso n theA pollo1 5s amplesa rec ited
int hei ndividuraolc kd escriipotn.s Thef ollowinlgi st isa
moreg enerasle elctebd ibliographpye rtainitnog t heg eolgoical
interpretatainodrn o cks ampleso ft heA pollo1 5l andinsgit e.
ALGIT( ApollLou narF ielGde ologIyn vestigatTieoanm )( 1972)
Geologisce ttinogf t heA pollo1 5s ample.s Scinece1 7,5
37-638.4
AllenJ .P.( 9172A)p ollo1 5: Scientfiicj ourneyt o Hadley­
Apenni.n eAmeriacn Scinetist6 0, 162-714.
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Apollo1 5P reilminarSyci encRee port( 917)2 ,N ASAS P2-8.9
Apoll1o 5P reilminarEyx aminatiToena m( 197)2 ThAep ollo 15L unar
Sapmle:s PA reilminarDye script.i oSncienc1e 75,3 63-37.5
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