Matter
Name
Basalt, volcanic rock (NR2)
Family
Family
solid
Database
Experimentalists
Level
from sample return mission
Origins
natural terrestrial
Provider
Raphaël Pik, Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques; 15 Rue Notre-Dame des Pauvres, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, FRANCE
Provider reference code
AF15-01
Local reference code
N-R-2
Body name
Earth
Terrain type
mineral surface
Place
Continental flood basalt (CFB) , Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau (Afar) , Ethiopia
Image
Basalt NR1 (fresh rock).
Basalt NR1 (weathered surface).
Preparation
raw
Storage condition
Stored between 10°C and 25°C
Phase type
solid
Component type (group)
igneous rock (volcanic rock (fine-grained crystalline rock))
Type of porosity
closed pores
Number
1
Mode of mixing
single material
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
Basalt Heterogeneous size and spatial distribution of mineral grains in the rock. 1.0
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