During the production of petrographic thin sections from lunar core 68001 (the bottom half of double drive tube 68002/68001) several unique glass particles were observed.

The largest, most representative sample, is approximately 2 mm x 2 mm and can be seen in both the second layer thin section ,6039, and again in the third layer thin section ,6040. This chondrule-like particle appears to consist mainly of small olivine crystals that are 50-200 micrometers long, many subhedral or hollow, set in a groundmass that varies from clear pale yellow glass in the center to devitrified to crystalline brown material around the outside. It has some blobs of rapidly quenched melts enclosed in it that texturally resemble barred chondrules. The spherical arrangement of the groundmass glass indicates this is a complete particle that formed as an impact splash glass and has not been broken . This particle is located 48.4 cm from the lunar surface.

Another 1 mm particle occurs in ,6044, a first layer then section 54.8 cm from the surface. A smaller, 0.5 mm inclusion, was observed in the second layer thin section ,6051, and is 59.6 cm from the surface.

Investigators who would like to study these chondrule like particles should request the thin sections per instructions for requesting lunar samples.