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Apollo 16   contributed by John Divelbiss   MetBul Link

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1836 grams. Specimen 60025 (sample collection bag 3) from the Apollo 16 mission. Found sometime between 21 April and 22 April 1972, Descartes Region, Luna.   Lunar Ferroan Anorthosite


John writes:
I found this Apollo lunar material at the Smithsonian to be stunning - requires sunglasses!
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
 


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Hashem
 9/14/2018 5:43:24 PM		 i have one same the Photo ....
Brian Moore
 6/25/2016 8:50:44 PM		 I'll bite, that makes the returning astronauts .... meteorite men.
Paul Swartz
 6/24/2016 11:25:08 PM		 The Apollo spacecraft came through the atmosphere as a flaming bolide and smacked into the Earth releasing its innards, which included this piece. All in all, pretty much like a meteor.
Brian Moore
 6/24/2016 4:35:38 PM		 Wilford: As in soil perhaps.
John Divelbiss
 6/24/2016 3:40:28 PM		 Wilfrod...I'd like to think of it as a potential fragment from a large broken individual meteorite from the Moon. If sliced like NWA 482.
Wilford Krantz
 6/24/2016 11:10:16 AM		 Technically, not a meteorite. Perhaps a pre-meteorite?
John Hope
 6/24/2016 3:11:09 AM		 Great picture thanks John and can see what you mean.Thanks for sharing.
 

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