Morphology and types of particles of regolith sample from the Sea of Fertility

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Geomorphology, Granular Materials, Lunar Maria, Lunar Soil, Breccia, Gabbro, Glass, Lunar Rocks, Lunar Surface, Lunik 16 Lunar Probe, Magma, Minerals, Vitreous Materials

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A brief description of the morphology of lunar surface material returned by Luna 16 automatic lunar station is given. Adhesiveness of the surface material and its ability to be electrified is noted. Two main genetic groups of regolith particles are differentiated: primary, represented mainly by fragments of magmatic rocks of the basalt and gabbro types, as well as mineralized grains of their constituent minerals, and secondary, particles subjected to appreciable exogenic transformation on the surface of the Moon. The second group, representing more than 70 percent of the material in coarse fractions, includes particles of breccias, sintered aggregates of complex dendritic form, and glass and vitrified particles of varied composition.

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