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.

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