Moon Rock Primary Transport and Storage Container - LRL Serial # 004
The Bolt-Top Container (BTC) was the primary storage and transport device used for lunar material. The BTC held a vacuum of pure nitrogen gas, which is inert and does not react with the lunar material inside. 

Above: This BTC was received by me in it's original double sealed vacuum bag. This is the first time this BTC has seen the day of light in over 35 years. The last person to handle this artifact was a lunar scientist in the LRL. These artifacts were sterilized after use and vacuum sealed for future use. Rigorous procedures were used to sterilize BTCs before being transfered into various cabinets in the LRL. The surface of the BTC was sprayed with peracetic acid in the R-102 (LRL atmospheric decontamination) cabinet . After 30 minutes of soak-time, the acid was removed by sterile water spray, then dried. This process provided biocidal sterilization without heat, as heat would alter the lunar material.

After sterilization in the R-102 Cabinet, the BTC would arrive in the F-201 Cabinet via a monorail to be opened, examined, and photographed. The BTC was first inserted into a special tool called the Canholder Assembly. The Canholder had two pegs that slid into corresponding holes in the bottom rim of the BTC. This allowed the scientist to secure the BTC for opening via a T-handle with socket.

Moon Rock Secondary Sample Containers
The secondary sample storage container allowed for easy division of samples within vacuum cabinets and had high, large threads to hold a vacuum seal in case of emergency.

You can see these containers in use in the stock NASA Apollo LRL photo below (Far Right)

Cold-Weld Container Brush
Some lunar chips and lunar soil were sealed in aluminum containers to transfer to other labs and principal investigators. A special tool developed by JPL would produce a cold-weld and seal the container. Lunar dust on the containers was a problem in this cold-welding process and as a result the stainless steel wire brush shown below was fabricated to clean the containers prior to the cold-weld. The brush has a large handle to compensate for stiff vacuum chamber gloves.

Moon Rock Splitting Chisel - LRL Serial # MP-1
Apollo 11 requirements mandated that all rock samples be split and distributed to other scientific labs. These split or smaller pieces were called daughters. Rocks were split using a mechanical rock-splitter or a chisel like the LRL tool shown below.

Moon Rock Fines and Soil Container - LRL Serial #031
The stainless steel container shown below was used for screening and seperating various sizes of lunar material from small chips to dust. Different sized screening trays would fit into the top of these containers once the lid was removed. You can see these containers in use in the NASA Apollo LRL photo shown below (Far Right).

Lunar Fines Pouring Container  - LRL Serial # 1
This stainless steel container was used to pour lunar material into the screening tray and other cabinet containers. It has a large handle and lip to make tasks more efficient.

Above, left to right: 1. Photo of Bolt Top and Single-Action Sample Containers: The Single-Action was reserved for emergency storage only in the event of pressure cabinet failure. 2. Sample Container Dolly: The BTC was hooked onto this monorail transport device for movement within cabinets. 3. Canholder Assembly.

Headed by Dr. Elbert King, the LRL was constructed for quarantine, examination, and photography of the Lunar material brought back by the Apollo Moon Missions and was a distribution point for outbound samples. Located in building 37 at what is now known as the Johnson Space Center in Houston, it was also used to prepare tools and containers used on the Lunar surface for outbound Apollo missions.

Above, from left to right: 1. Diagram of the high-vacuum complex. 2. early construction of the high-vacuum complex. 3. The F-207 sample carousel.

Above, from left to right: 1. Dr. Elbert King and Professor Engelhardt examining pressure gloves.  2. Sterilization cabinets used to treat sample containers and tools. 3. Apollo 17 LM pilot Jack Schmitt doubling as a lunar scientist and examing some orange soil brought back from the mission.

Lunar Specimen Transport Device 
This primarily stainless steel device was used by the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) at Johnson Space Center to facilitate transportation of sterile lunar specimens returned by Apollo crews to the Principle Investigators (PIs) located through-out the U.S. at major institutions.

The sequence of images show a Varian gate being opened (the gate comprises part of a sealed airlock) and the specimen cup being exposed/extended (there are two separate knobs which regulate this). Prior to extension the flange would have been mated to the analysis tool (scanning electron microscope or perhaps an energy dispersive spectrascope). The Teflon specimen cup has a ground wire which is likely to support the SEM analysis.