Matter
Name
lunar soil sample 78221_118
Family
solid
Parent matter
lunar soil sample 78220
Level
from sample return mission
Origins
planetary
Provider
Apollo Sample Curator - Mail code KT - NASA Johnson Space Center - 2101 NASA Parkway - Houston, Texas 77058-3696 USA
Provider reference code
78221,118
Local reference code
78221
Terrain type
mineral surface
Place
collected at Station 8, at base of Sculptured Hills, south of Wessex Cleft. 78220 (from which 78221 was subsampled) was collected from the regolith surface under a 2-3 m diameter norite boulder rolled over by the crew
Preparation
raw
Phase type
solid
Component type (group)
superficial deposit
Texture
loose granular
Type of porosity
porous
Comments
78221 = <1 mm sieved fraction of 78220
Number
1
Mode of mixing
heterogeneous mixing
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
lunar soil sample 78221 1.0