Seatbelt basalt

[1] He did this because he assumed mission control would not give permission to stop for a sample collection due to time constraints.

[2] This unplanned stop was later designated Geology Station 3, located about 125 metres (410 ft) west of Rhysling crater.

This sample was collected from an area with abundant subdued craters between 0.1 and 1 metre (0.33 and 3.28 ft) in diameter.

[3] The seatbelt basalt is currently stored at the Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.

[5] The rock's age of formation has been estimated to be approximately 3.29 ± 0.05 billion years from Rb-Sr radiometric dating.

Sample 15016, the Seatbelt Basalt
Cut fragment on display at the National Air and Space Museum
Planimetric map of Station 3 from the Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report . X indicates sample locations, 5-digit numbers are LRL sample numbers, rectangle is lunar rover (dot indicates TV camera), black spots are large rocks, dashed lines are crater rims or other topographic features, and triangles are panorama stations.