Sample 79195
79195 Regolith Breccia 368.5 grams
Section titled “79195 Regolith Breccia 368.5 grams”
Figure 1: Photo of 79195. S73-24242 . Cube is 1 cm
Introduction
Section titled “Introduction”79195 is a weakly lithified polymict breccia with a large clast of mare basalt (figure 1). It has not been studied.
Petrography
Section titled “Petrography”Neal and Taylor (1993) included 79195 in their catalog of mare samples. They reported that it was 75-80% matrix, with minor basalt clasts and minerals from basalts. Presumably that means is has very little highland material.
Significant clast
Section titled “Significant clast”Large basalt clast
Chemistry
Section titled “Chemistry”Randy Korotev has been allocated this sample for analysis.
Processing
Section titled “Processing”There are 5 thin sections of 79175.
Figure 2: Locaton of 79195 on rim of Van Serg Crater.
Figure 3: Location of 79195 on lunar surface. AS17-142-21795
