Thin Section Photos of Lunar Samples. Click on any photo for a larger image and more information.   

Lunar Thin Section

70017. Hi-Ti Mare Basalt. Apollo 17, Central Valley near the Apollo 17 lunar module. NASA Lunar Petrographic Educational Thin Section Set (slide 700175).



Lunar Thin Section

12005. Olivine Basalt. Apollo 12, holocrystalline, magnesium-rich, olivine basalt. NASA Lunar Petrographic Educational Thin Section Set (slide 1200536B).



Lunar Thin Section

12002. Low-Ti Basalt. Apollo 12. NASA Lunar Petrographic Educational Thin Section Set (slide 12002318).



Lunar Thin Section

60025. Cataclastic Anorthosite. Apollo 16. Coarse-grained, moderately shocked, pristine cataclastic ferroan anorthosite. NASA Lunar Petrographic Educational Thin Section Set (slide 60025161).



Lunar Thin Section

72275. Breccia. Apollo 17, Boulder 1, Station 2. Fragmental polymict breccia. NASA Lunar Petrographic Educational Thin Section Set (slide 72275509).



Lunar Thin Section

74220. Soil. Apollo 17, friable material taken 6-8 cm deep in a trench from Station 4, on the rim of 120 meter Shorty crater. NASA Lunar Petrographic Educational Thin Section Set (slide 74220356).