Abstract
Petrographic and mineral chemical data for 16 Apollo 11 regolith breccias show that: (1) the regolith breccias differ from soil 10084 with respect to (a) agglutinate content, (b) glass population, (c) plagioclase compositions, and (d) proportions of high‐K mare and low‐K mare basalt components; (2) the A‐11 breccias and soil have highland components that are similar both in abundance and petrology; and (3) lunar regolith breccias provide a better comparison with howardites than do lunar soils. The data and observations are consistent with formation of the regolith breccias from immature soil. It appears that little or no highland material has been added to the Tranquillitatis regolith since the formation of the breccias.
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