Matter
Name
Basalt, volcanic rock (NW1)
Family
Family
solid
Database
Experimentalists
Level
from sample return mission
Origins
natural terrestrial
Provider
Christian WOHLER, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, 44227 Dortmund, GERMANY
Provider reference code
Position 1
Local reference code
N-W-1
Body name
Earth
Terrain type
mineral surface
Place
Eifel , Germany
Preparation
raw
Storage condition
Stored between 10°C and 25°C
Phase type
solid
Component type (group)
igneous rock (volcanic rock (fine-grained crystalline rock))
Texture
compact
Type of porosity
closed pores
Number
1
Mode of mixing
single material
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
Basalt Heterogeneous size and spatial distribution of mineral grains in the rock. 1.0