NASA Photo ID: S72-37155           File Name: 10075886.jpg
Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 05/05/72
Title: View of Apollo 16 lunar sample no. 68815
Description:
A closeup view or "mug shot" of Apollo 16 lunar sample no. 68815, a 
dislodged fragment from a parent boulder roughly four feet high and five
feet  long encountered at Station 8. The crew tried in vain to overturn the
parent  boulder. A fillet-soil sample was taken close to the boulder,
allowing for  study of the type and rate of erosion acting on lunar rocks.
The fragment  itself is very hard, has many veticles and a variety of
inclusions. In  addition, numerous metallic particles were observed in the
black matrix.               
Subject terms:
APOLLO 16 FLIGHT                        
APOLLO PROJECT                          
EXAMINATION                             
LABORATORIES                            
LUNAR GEOLOGY                           
LUNAR ROCKS                             
SAMPLES                                 

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