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APOLLO 17 BRECCIA
Lunar breccias are fragmental rocks which are the products of meteoroid
impacts. This
sample is a type called lithified mature soil. The sample consists
of fragments of glass, minerals, and rock cemented together in a glassy
matrix. The materials which compose this sample have been determined to
be 4.53 billion years old by the Rubidium-Strontium method of dating.
LOCATION
OF THE APOLLO 17 LANDING SITE
THE
LANDING SITE IN THE VALLEY OF TAURUS-LITTROW VIEWED FROM THE LUNAR MODULE
DURING DESCENT
LUNAR
BRECCIA SAMPLE AS IT WAS ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.
  Soil:
The Surface Layer
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