Matter
Name
lunar soil sample 65700
Family
solid
Comments
in contrast to lunar soils such as 15040 and 78220, the mineralogical composition is not given in the lunar compendium
Level
from sample return mission
Origins
planetary
Provider
Apollo Sample Curator - Mail code KT - NASA Johnson Space Center - 2101 NASA Parkway - Houston, Texas 77058-3696 USA
Provider reference code
65700
Terrain type
mineral surface
Place
Station 5, interior of wall of a 20 m diameter crater. Surface soil to accompany rake sample
Preparation
raw
Phase type
solid
Component type (group)
superficial deposit
Comments
Unsieved fines
Shape
granular
Texture
loose granular
Type of porosity
porous
Grain sizes
Grains Size min Size max Size median Size width Size mass fraction Grain shape
#1 1.0 ${\mu}m$ 16000.0 ${\mu}m$ 1.0 irregular
Comments
the average grain size is 58 microns (Graf 1993)
Oxides
Formula $SiO_{2}$ $TiO_{2}$ $Al_{2}O_{3}$ $FeO$ $MnO$ $MgO$ $CaO$ $Na_{2}O$ $K_{2}O$ $P_{2}O_{5}$
Mass fraction (%) 45.03 0.64 26.47 5.87 0.08 6.02 15.29 0.41 0.12 0.13
Oxides comments
data from LSPET72 in wt%, in Lunar Compendium
Number
1
Mode of mixing
heterogeneous mixing
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
lunar soil sample 65700 1.0