Anorthosite Agglutinates - Lunar Highlands Fragmental Simulant | Research & Engineering Testing

What Anorthosite Agglutinates are A lunar highlands fragmental regolith component simulant engineered to represent agglutinates — micro-breccia particles formed by impact processes — for research, engineering testing, and material behavior studies. What This Simulant Represents Anorthosite agglutinates are a key component of lunar highlands regolith. On the Moon, constant meteoroid bombardment fuses mineral and rock fragments into welded glass-rich aggregates called agglutinates. These particles play a unique role in the mechanical, optical, thermal, and electrostatic behavior of true lunar soil. This simulant captures the fragmental, welded glass and mineral aggregate nature of agglutinates using terrestrial minerals and controlled processing to approximate the physical characteristics of lunar highlands impact products. It is not a complete regolith simulant but a specialized component analog intended to support experiments where the presence of impact-derived fragmental material mat