Sample 14056
14056 – 6.38 grams
14057 – 5.51 grams
14059 – 8.68 grams
14060 – 2.50 grams
14061 – 3.11 grams
Soil Breccia
14060 14061 S71-26027 S71-26067
Introduction
Section titled “Introduction”These friable breccia samples have a lightly brownish color as though they were pieces of a soil clod. They were probably pieces of the second sample collected at station E and contained in the same bag as 14055 - 14058. They have not been studied. They were returned, under vacuum, in ALSEP 1006.
Swann et al. (1977) described 14056 – 14061 as “blocky, subrounded rocks mostly lacking zap pits and fractures. The samples are very friable, fine-grained
clastic rocks with less than 5 percent subrounded lightcolored clasts in a medium gray to brownish gray matrix.” Jack Schmitt dubs these soil breccias as “instant rocks”.
Petrography
Section titled “Petrography”There are no thin sections of these particles.
Chemistry
Section titled “Chemistry”These samples have not been analyzed.
References for A14
Section titled “References for A14”Carlson I.C. and Walton W.J.A. (1978) Apollo 14 Rock Samples. Curators Office. JSC 14240
Swann G.A., Bailey N.G., Batson R.M., Eggleton R.E., Hait M.H., Holt H.E., Larson K.B., McEwen M.C., Mitchell E.D., Schaber G.G., Schafer J.P., Shepard A.B., Sutton R.L., Trask N.J., Ulrich G.E., Wilshire H.G. and Wolfe E.W. (1972) 3. Preliminary Geologic Investigation of the Apollo 14 landing site. In Apollo 14 Preliminary Science Rpt. NASA SP-272. pages 39-85.