Lunar Petrographic Educational Thin Section Set

Compiled by Charles Meyer

NASA prepared thin sections of representative lunar rocks on rectangular 1 x 2-inch glass slides, with special safety frames, that are suitable for use in college and university courses in petrology and microscopic petrography for advanced geology students.  Each set of 12 slides is accompanied by teaching materials.  The typical loan period is two weeks.  Each requestor must apply in writing, on college or university letterhead, to the following address:

Mary K. Luckey
Education Sample Curator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Mail Code KT
2101 NASA Parkway
Houston, Texas 77058-3696
Telephone: (281) 483-3154
Fax: (281) 483-5347

For each approved user, the Curator will prepare a loan agreement to be executed between NASA and the requestor's institution prior to shipment of the thin-section package.

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