Apollo 17, Station 6 boulder sample 76255 - Absolute petrology of breccia matrix and igneous clastsThe matrix of 76255 is the finest-grained, most clast-laden, impact-melt polymict breccia sampled from the Station 6 boulder. The paper speculates on how the matrix of 76255 fits into and enhances existing thermal models of breccia lithification. Emphasis is on the detailed petrology of five lithic clasts, two of which display mineralogical and textural affinities to mare basalts, while three, a gabbro, a norite, and a troctolite are considered primitive plutonic rocks.
Document ID
19770051926
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Warner, J. L. (Lunar Science Inst. Houston, TX, United States)
Phinney, W. C. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, Tex., United States)
Simonds, C. H. (Lunar Science Institute Houston, Tex., United States)