Matter
Name
lunar soil sample 15040
Family
Family
solid
Comments
in addition to the minerals, there are also: agglutinates: 47.9%, Basalt:5.1%, breccia: 8.5%, anorthosite: 0.2% + glass: 6.7%
Database
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
15040
Terrain type
mineral surface
Place
A trench of about 12 - 14 inches deep was dug by Jim Irwig at the bottom of the Soil Mechanics Trench at station 8, near the ALSEP site. 15040 is a soil sample from the top of the trench. Trench is located 12 m southwest of a 5 m diameter crater
Image
sampling site of 15040: 15041 is a subsample of 15040 (392 g). 113.4 g of 15040 are currently in reserve
Preparation
raw
Phase type
solid
Component type (group)
superficial deposit
Comments
Unsieved fines
Shape
granular
Texture
loose granular
Type of porosity
porous
Grain sizes
Grains Size min Size max Size median Size width Size mass fraction Grain shape
#1 1.0 μm 16000.0 μm 1.0 irregular
Comments
the average grain size is 52 microns (Graf 1993)
Oxides
Formula TiO2 Al2O3 FeO MnO MgO CaO Na2O K2O
Mass fraction (%) 1.7 14.2 14.5 0.19 11.5 11.6 0.44 0.092
Oxides comments
data from Korotev et al. (1987) in wt%
Number
1
Mode of mixing
heterogeneous mixing
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
lunar soil sample 15040 1.0
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