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Further and ongoing work• Continue to analyze Apollo samples by total phasemodal%.• Incorporate particle type modal analysis by determiningwhich phases are present in lithics, breccias,agglutinates, etc.• Incorporate phase chemistry.• Analyze simulants by these same techniques forcomparison by Figure of Merit algorithms.9/15/2008 BAE Systems, Marshall SpaceFlight Center16
Parallel workCharacterizing particle size and shapedistributions and bulk densities of lunarregolith and simulants for comparison byFoM.9/15/2008 BAE Systems, Marshall SpaceFlight Center17
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Page 3 and 4: Outline, cont.• Results of analys
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Page 7 and 8: Modal analysis of sieved grain moun
Page 9 and 10: Change in modal% by size fraction:
Page 11 and 12: Modal analysis: thin sections versu
Page 13 and 14: Lunar simulants: Mare and Highlands
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