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Apollo Sample 12055

   
Generic Number 12055
Mission Information
Mission Apollo 12
Station
Landmark HEAD CRATER
Bag Number
Original Weight 912.00 g
Sample Classification
Rock Type Basalt
Rock Subtype Pigeonite
Description C, medium-grained, rare vesicles, ilmenite, chromite, ulvospinel, rare olivine and silica, porphyritic, pyroxene phenocrysts, radiate to subophitic groundmass
Sample Availability
Percent of Pristine Sample Available 26.00%
Date of Pristinity Calculation Nov 20, 2014
Thin Sections Available See list of available thin sections.
Public Displays
Display Samples Available
Sample Description Location Map
12055,35 Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample 12055,35. Cleveland Museum of Natural History See Map
Apollo Virtual Microscope @ the Virtual Microscope for Earth Sciences
The Apollo Virtual Microscope collection was developed in collaboration with The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Catalogs and Publications
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Publication Year: 1971

Authors: Bogard, D. D., Funkhouser, J. G., Schaeffer, O. A., and Zahringer, J.

Title: Noble gas abundances in lunar material-cosmic ray spallation products and radiation ages from the Sea of Tranquility and the Ocean of Storms

Bogard, D. D., Funkhouser, J. G., Schaeffer, O. A., and Zahringer, J. (1971) Noble gas abundances in lunar material-cosmic ray spallation products and radiation ages from the Sea of Tranquility and the Ocean of Storms. Journal of Geophysical Research 76(11), 2757-2779. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/JB076i011p02757.

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