CURATORIAL NEWSLETTER

Number 35

-... ~ .. April 26, 1982

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Douglaa P. Blanchard, Lunar Sample Curator Curatorial Branch, SN2, HASA/JSC Houlton, Tenl 77058, 713-483-3274

LAPST Meets May 13-15, 1982 LAPST mets May 13-15, 1982. Please send your sample requests as early as possible. LAPST witl move to a four month interval between meetings; the next meeting will probabJy be in September.

Curatorial l'

Budget News

There is no curatorial budget news. Things stand unchanged since th"e last newslet ter . ~e have no concrete indication that the FY83 budget will be any more that the "dead mode" funding level. In the meantime, do not hesitate to request any information or samples you need for your research . Through extra efforts by NASA and Northrop personnel we are keeping nearly current with our request load.

Returning Lunar Samples

We have no plans, at the moment, to calli n 1 unar samples. We pass thi s information on to you as a reminder of the investigators responsibl ities regarding returni ng 1 unar samp 1 es and the proper documentat i on that must accompany the samples.

When lunar samples are returned to the Curator the following documentation is required:

1. Sample Accountability Form (F-70) 2. Sample History (F-71) 3. The blue and pink copies of the lunar sample assignment form (JSC 2103) if you received the sample from the Cuf~tor.

Sample Accountabi lity, Form F-70, provides the basis for the required detailed accounting of the mass of each sample. A separate Form F-70 is completed for each sample; but, all splits of a sample subdivided in your laboratory and returned in the same shipment can be reported on the same F-70. Sample History Information,

Form F-71, provides the information needed to evaluate the suitability of returned samples for reuse. Several samples that have experienced identical histories may be 1 i sted on the same F-71. If spl its of a sample allocated to you have experienced two or more different histories, two or more F-71 forms are required for that sample.

Examples of these forms are appended to this newsletter. Extra copies are available from the Curator; xeroxed copies are also acceptable. Detailed instructions for filling out these forms are in the PI handbook.

Samples smaller than 10 grams can be mailed via registered mail; those larger- than 10 grams must be hand-carried unless sp~cifically exempted by the Curator.

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ro~ F-70 PLEASE SUPPLY Cl-lE COPY OF nus FORM FOR EACH SAMPLE RECIEVED

SAMPLE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SAMPLE 1#

Do Not Write In This Colurm

Mass of sample if provided by Cllr3tor

Mass of sample if provided by another inve5ti gator

Name of that investigat or ----------------Sample mass as detenmineJ by receiving PI

Total s ample mass consumed

Total sample/residue mas~ r e tuined by investi gator

Sample ~lass Transferred to another P. I.

Name of that inves ti gato r ----------------Total samp Ie r:1SS r eturned ~6 -)tl1ratvr

~lass percentage of admixed non- lLmar mater ial (if any)

Sample mass not accounted [or

Comments :

Please list all srI its made [rom this sample, their individual masses (if known) , and thei r Jisposi t i 0 11 i [ stich sp l i t s are not returned directly to the Curator .

PI SIgnature Date

JSC Form 1202 (Jan 73) NASA-JSC

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SAMPLE NUMBEI(S) PI SUI NUMBEI WEIGHT COMMENTS FOI CUIATOIS USE

DEGRADATION LEVEL 5 PHYSICAL SEPARATIONS 8 IRRADIATION EXPOSURE T~ ~RGANIC LIQUIDS 14 EXPOSURE TO INORGANIC LIQUIDS

00 NONE 00 NONE 3 0 ELECTRON 1 CHEMICAL 10 SIEVED 10 X·RAY 4 0 GAMMA 00 NONE 00 NONE o NOT SIEVED 2 0 ALPHA 5 0 PROTONS 2[] LEACHATE 10 WASHED IN ° 0 NOT DEGRADED 20 CRUSHED 90 OTHER 6 0 HEAVY NUCLEI 30 RESIDUE

10 ORGANICALLY DEGRADED o SIZE RANGE OF PARTICLES SPECIFY lIQUID(S) ___ SAMPLE RETURNED I~ A

20 TRACE ELEMENT .... NEUTRONS 2 0 LEACHATE 3 0 RESIDUE

DEGRADED 3D HAND PICKED 70 EPITHERMAL8 0 THERMAL 10 WASHED IN

30 MAJOR ELEMENT 40 DENSITY SEPARATE (TOT AL FLUX-n/ cm2) 15 CHECK & SPECIFY DEGRADED 50 MAGNETIC SEPARATE 40 HAS UNDERGONE NEUTRON 90 OTHER SEPARATE CURRENT ACT.lVITY LIQUIDS AND/ OR SAL TS USED

ACTIVATION . EXPOSURE TO METAL. (SPECIFY) 'mu 'h'l 1 2 ORGANIC LIQUIDS 10 WATER 20 ACID 30 BASE

2 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 6 EXPOSURE TO GASES 9 THERMAL HISTORY 00 NONE 4 0 AQUEOUS SAL T SOLUTION

'JB NOT DEGRADED 00 VACUUM ONLY 90 SPECIFY lIQUID(S) __ 9 0 OTHER REACTIVE LIQU IDS

1 DEGRADE D 10 DRY NITROGEN 00 NONE 8 0 OTHER NON.REACTIVE LIQUIDS

o LOST 3D AIR o HEATED TO ·C

20 DESTROYED 20 INERT GASES IN ••• ••• •• • .!. 0 VACUUM pH

-~ (CHECK & SPECIFY) .. .. ...... ?: 0 AIR REACTIVE GASES I 3 ADMIXED INTO SAMPLE MOUtm

EL ECTROMAGNETIC 5 0 HALOGENATED o MELTED •. J. 0 PARTI.. ~ 3 PROPERTIES

4 0 NOT HALOGENATED .• • ~ 0 COMPLETE o NOT APPLICABLE

90 OTHER, 50 VAPORIZED 00 NOTHING o POLISHED THIN SECT ION (RECT ANGULAR) (pts )

00 NONE 80 UNKNOWN

60 MINERAL o POLISHED SECTION (pS)

10 MAGNETIC FIELD o PROB E MOUNT (ROUND) (pm) STRENGTH 40 GREASE THERMODYNAMIC STATE CONT AINER TYPE o COVERED THIN SECTION (ts ) 20 AL TERNATING CURRENT 7 10

FIELD CHANGE (RETURNED IN) 20 PURE OXIDE o POTT ED PIECE (pb) STRENGTH

10 PURE ISOTOPE COMPOUND 00 NONE o 0 LRL PLASTIC VIAL o POLISHED GRAIN MOUNT (pgm) 4 MINERALOGY/PET ROLOGY 50 METALLIC SAL T

00 NOT PHYSICALLY 1 0 INSOLUBLE RESIDUE 1 0 LRL ST AINLESS BOL T 30 ORGANIC SOLID

o GRAIN MOUNT (gm) SEPARATED

20 SOLUTE 2 0 LRL CONTAINER (OTHER) o X·RAY DIFF RAC TION PELLET OR SMEAR (xrd)

10 PHYSICALLY SEPARATED 30 PI GLASS VIAL 90 OTHER SUBSTANCE o X-RAY FLUORESCENCE PELLET (xrf) 20 DEGRADED FOR MIN/PET

3 0 SOLUTION 40 PI PLASTIC VIAL SUBST ANCE(S) ADMIXED o ELECTRON MICROSCOP E TRANSMISSION GRlo( emit

30 SAMPLE IS CONCENTRATE OF 4 0 FUSION PROOUCT 50 PI GLASS BOTTLE SPECIFY o MOUNTED ON OPAQUE SURFACE (S.E.M. ETOC sem 90 OTHER (SPECI FY) o SINGLE CRYSTAL (sx I )

4'1 SAMPLE IS DEPLETED IN - o X-RAY SPINDLE (xrs) o OTHER

-JSC '~12 45 (Rev Apr 73) NA~A-JSC

FOIM F-71 SAMPLE HISTORY INFORMATION

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"J LUNAR SAMPLE ASSIGNMENT

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the following lunar sample identified by sample number and net sample weight :

Number ____________ Issue Wt. ___________ Return Date is : _______ _

Sample assigned to : Sample received by:

Principal Investigator Signature and Date

Sample delivered on ___________ by Recipient 's name, printed or typed

Gross Wt. ________________ _ Lunar Sample Curator

Container _________________ ___

By accepting custody of the above sample, the recipient understands that it is furnished pursuant to, and is fully

o subject to, the terms and conditions of the grant or contract under which the related lunar sample analysis is to be performed, including all terms and conditions which may be incorporated in such contract or grant by reference.

This Copy to be retained by the Principal Investigator

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