The Lunar Rocks

by Brian Mason

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471575305
• ISBN13: 9780471575306
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent early results on the Moon rocks

I have read many later books on the Moon rocks, but this one still stands up as being accurate and complete. Some of the nomenclature has changed since it was written, but not to the extent of devaluing the text. The book has a good and very readable introduction to the pre-Apollo missions and Apollo program up to Apollo 12, then goes into more technical, geologic detail on the rocks and minerals found on the Moon. It covers the lunar igneous rocks, breccias, and lunar fines (soil). Then goes into the geochemistry of the samples and finally ends by relating it to the whole Moon, covering mass concentrations (mascons), and finally the origin of the Moon as was known back in 1970. One major rock type not covered are the anorthosites from the lunar highlands, because at that time no mission had landed there. It also contains a small section on tektites and the Moon. The book contains excellent black and white photographs throughout, many not seen elsewhere. It also has graphs and tables of data that are interesting and help illustrate the authors points. It also contains a good list of references and an index at the back. A great book by two great authors, I highly recommend it, a classic!