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Sample 70170

70170

Section titled “70170”

Soil 42 grams

Figure 1: Approximate location of samples 70170 - 70175, with South Massif in background. The gold foil protectes the neutron flux probe. AS17-134- 20504.

Introduction

Section titled “Introduction”

70170 is the bag residue for breccia sample 70175 (Butler 1973). According to Wolfe et al. (1981) this sample was collected about 5 m south of the deep drill site at the ALSEP site (figure 1).

Petrography

Section titled “Petrography”

The soil has not been studied, probably because it may contain fragments of 70175 which is described as a “glass-rich microbreccia” (Neal and Taylor 1992).

Chemistry

Section titled “Chemistry”

The composition of this soil has not been measured, but it should be similar to that of 70181.

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References for 70170

Section titled “References for 70170”

Butler P. (1973) Lunar Sample Information Catalog Apollo 17. Lunar Receiving Laboratory. MSC 03211 Curator’s Catalog. pp. 447.

Fruland R.M. (1983) Regolith Breccia Workbook. Curatorial Branch Publication # 66. JSC 19045.

Heiken G.H. (1974) A catalog of lunar soils. JSC Curator

Heiken G.H. (1975) Petrology of lunar soils. Rev. Geophys. Space Phys. 13, 567-587.

LSPET (1973a) Apollo 17 lunar samples : Chemical and petrographic description. Science 182, 659-690.

LSPET (1973c) Preliminary examination of lunar samples. Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report. NASA SP-330, 7- 1—7-46.

Morris R.V., Score R., Dardano C. and Heiken G. (1983) Handbook of Lunar Soils. Two Parts. JSC 19069. Curator’s Office, Houston

Morris R.V. (1978) The surface exposure (maturity) of lunar soils: Some concepts and Is/FeO compilation. Proc. 9th Lunar Sci. Conf. 2287-2297.

Neal C.R. and Taylor L.A. (1993) Catalog of Apollo 17 rocks, central valley. Volumes 2 and 3. Curators Office #26088 JSC, Houston.

Simon S.B., Papike J.J., Gosselin D.C., Laul J.C., Hughes S.S. and Schmitt R.A. (1990) Petrology and chemistry of Apollo 17 regolith breccias: A history of mixing of highland and mare regolith. Proc. 20th Lunar Planet. Sci. 219-230. Lunar Planetary Institute, Houston.

Wolfe E.W., Bailey N.G., Lucchitta B.K., Muehlberger W.R., Scott D.H., Sutton R.L and Wilshire H.G. (1981) The geologic investigation of the Taurus-Littrow Valley: Apollo 17 Landing Site. US Geol. Survey Prof. Paper, 1080, pp. 280.