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Originally Posted by Terry B
I hope the piece I handled is real. It belongs to NASA but you never know.
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Yep, plenty of breccia family rocks on earth that are also formed on the moon.
Still i'm jealous at a rare opportunity. Part of why I like meteorites, its something from "up there" and not just a regular rock. Of course it can be difficult to confirm accurate identification, not all types exhibit the same identifying features especially as they fragment so much coming to earth and then weathering etc. Iron nickel meteorites are fairly common and affordable especially from known locations like Diablo Canyon. So again a little common sense when buying a specimen and check the seller out . Nice little samples can be bought commonly for under $50 and I think a great pressie for astronomers, especially the young!