Lunar Rock Textures

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Appendix II - Brief Atlas of Lunar Rock Textures

Textures of selected igneous lunar rocks are shown. All are to the same scale (4 mm by 5.5 mm). All are plane polarized light except samples 68415, 76535, and 15415, which photographed best in partially polarized light. Most are mare basalts except samples 14310, 68415, 15415 and 76535, which are feldspathic basalt, feldspathic melt rock, anorthosite, and troctolite, in that order.

appendix image of samples 12009 and 15486
appendix image of samples 15597 and 15499
appendix image of samples of 12053 and 15476
appendix image of sample 12002 and 12021
appendix image of samples of 75092 and 75075
appendix image of samples 10062 and 12051
appendix image of samples 70017 and 15016
appendix image of samples 14310 and 76535