[meteorite-list] Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Photo

[Randy Korotev]

It's an impact-glass spherule.  There's another one to the right, 
just right of center.  It's got a soil coating.  Any handful of lunar 
soil is loaded with these things.  Most are in the 0.1-mm range. The 
biggest I've seen is 2 mm, but I think there's one of ~2 centimeters 
in the Apollo collection.

See this:

http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/rlk_5325_apollo11_l.jpg
http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/regolith_breccia.htm

I suppose they're the lunar equivalent of tektites.

Randy Korotev
(the guy who took the photo)




At 14:07 17-07-09 Friday, you wrote:
>Hi List,
>
>Just ran across this article and photo... Everyone loves photos of 
>moon rocks right?!
>
>Moon Rocks Photo
>http://news-info.wustl.edu/pub/libs/images/usr/8422_h.jpg
>
>Article: Apollo 11 moon rocks still crucial 40 years later, say 
>WUSTL researchers
>http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/14375.html
>
>What's the little round black sphere in the upper left of the photo? 
>Is that some sort of meteoritic spheroid?
>
>--
>Regards,
>Eric Wichman
>Meteorites USA
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