Where is the moon rock returned by the six apollos and the Soviet Luna probes
now resident around the world?

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 22 Feb 2003 06:37 PST

Hi mongolia-ga! I have found the official storage facilities for moon
rocks gathered in the Apollo missions but could not find anything on
the Soviet Luna probe. I have however the name of the Russian who once
sold a sample of a moon rock at an auction. I could give you the name
from an article I read.

Would a the official storage facilities of NASA moon rocks be enough
as a legitimate answer.

Of course there might be other private individuals possessing them
sice anybody specially schools could ask for samples at NASA. Tracking
theam would be rather difficult.

Just let me know. :)

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Clarification of Question by mongolia-ga on 22 Feb 2003 06:57 PST

Dear Easterangel
 Thank you for your very fast initial reply :-)
 I am actually rather surprised that considering the sheer value of
this stuff,  any of it would be put up for Auction to private
individuals especially the Soviet moon rock which constituted a much
smaller volume then that returned by the Apollo space program.

I can only assume that it is spread around various Musuems and
research centres throughout the world. I would have thought NASA and
the Russian Space Agency
would have a precise record of both the amount (by weight) and
location of the
 moonrock returned. THis is what I am looking for.
Kind Regards
 Mongolia

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 22 Feb 2003 07:04 PST

Hi again mongolia-ga! I will give you an exerpt of an article as to
how difficult tracking them would be all around the world.

"Some moon rocks have slipped legally out of NASA’s grasp. President
Richard Nixon gave away 92 rocks, each weighing about 1 gram or one
thirtieth of an ounce, to several heads of state."

Source: Reuters 1994 report

This was just from President Nixon.

Again I found citings to official storage facilities (NASA) only and
some reports request or selling in auction but no contact number.

Taking into consideration such facts would citings of this recognized
official locations be enough for an answer?

Thanks.

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 22 Feb 2003 08:05 PST

Many pounds of moon rocks have also been stolen:

http://www.sptimes.com/2002/09/21/State/Suspect__I_helped_ste.shtml

tutuzdad-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 22 Feb 2003 08:12 PST

I have found the location of the "known" and "accounted for" specimens
if you are interested in that as an answer.

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by mongolia-ga on 08 Mar 2003 05:16 PST

Dear Tutuzdad

 Please go ahead and give me the location for the known and acconted specimens.

  Thanks 

  Mongolia

Dear mongolia-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.

“Between 1969 and 1972 six Apollo missions brought back 382 kilograms
(842 pounds) of lunar rocks, core samples, pebbles, sand and dust from
the lunar surface. The six space flights returned 2200 separate
samples from six different exploration sites on the Moon. In addition,
three automated Soviet spacecraft returned important samples totaling
300 grams (approximately 3/4 pound) from three other lunar sites. The
lunar sample building at Johnson Space Center is the chief repository
for the Apollo samples. The lunar sample laboratory is where pristine
lunar samples are prepared for shipment to scientists and educators.
Nearly 1000 samples are distributed each year for research and
teaching projects.”
LUNAR SAMPLES
http://www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/curator/lunar/lunar.htm

Here is the known inventory:

Currently, NASA has control over 711 pounds of lunar rocks and soil
samples stored in various military vaults as mentioned above.

Twenty-four pounds of lunar rocks are currently loaned out to schools
and museums for display purposes.

Twenty-two pounds of moon rocks have been destroyed in government
sanctioned laboratory experiments.

Over the years, the Presidents have given heads of foreign states 0.6
pounds of moon rocks as gifts.

Seven pounds of moon rocks have been used in laboratory experiments
but not totally destroyed.

And 0.078 pounds of lunar rocks have been “lost” and are unaccounted
for.

* As for the Soviet samples, there is no way to know for certain what
became of them. Assuming that their scientists also wanted to perform
as many tests as possible on the samples they obtained, and
considering that the United States destroyed 24 lbs of the stuff in
tests we performed, it would not be out of bounds to assume that all
of their samples had been destroyed during testing. After all, they
only had three-quarters of a pound to begin with.

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In 2002, a group of students working/studying at Johnson Space Center
in Houston, Texas, loaded a 600 lb. Safe “full” of the specimens into
their SUV and fled with it. They were later arrested and authorities
believed that got all the specimens back. Their statements though lead
one to believe that this may not be the case and that the reported
volume of unaccounted for rocks may be larger than has been publicly
reported. Consider this article and these statements:

USATODAY
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002-07-23-moon-rocks_x.htm
“A 600-pound safe full of moon rocks and meteorites was stolen from
the Johnson Space Center in Houston…”

It doesn’t say how many of the specifies are rocks and how many are
meteorites. We know that meteorites are quite heavy as they have high
iron content, but 600 pounds is quite a lot of rocks nevertheless. The
article goes on to quote sources as saying:

“The samples were displayed Monday in the Tampa FBI office in the
green and white tackle box and small blue suitcase that brought them
to Florida.”

It doesn’t mention how large these containers are, but it is only
common sense to suggest that one cannot put 600 pounds of ANYTHING
other than gold, lead or mercury in a tackle box and a small suitcase.
Since we don’t really know how many of these specimens are moon rocks
and how many are meteorites, we have to assume that they are telling
the truth. Finally, one source in the article says this:

"Right now we're comfortable that we've recovered all of them…"

Note that he says “we’re comfortable” but not that he is certain that
all the rocks have been recovered. This adds to the suspicion that
some samples may still be out there and that the loss volume may be
higher than reported.

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As for the known, authorized locations of the moon rocks, here’s where
they are around the world, beginning with those in the United States.
I've included web site addresses for locations where web sites could
be found:

LUNAR DISPLAY LOCATIONS
http://www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/curator/lunar/displays/displays.htm


United States
Alabama
U.S. SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER("Best of the Center" mentions the Lunar
Display)
One Tranquility Base
Huntsville, AL 35805
(256) 837-3400
(Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample Number 12065,15. )
http://www.spacecamp.com/museum/


Arizona
ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM
2021 North Kinney Road
Tucson, AZ 85743-8918
(520) 883-1380
(Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 75015,54. )
http://www.desertmuseum.org/index.html


California
AMES RESEARCH CENTER (VC)
Moffett Field, CA 94035
(650) 604-9000
(Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15075,68. )
http://amesnews.arc.nasa.gov/visitorcenter/visitorcenter.html


CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA 94118-9961
1-800-794-7576
(415) 750-7111
(Thin Section display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70035,18. )
(Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70035,69. )
http://www.calacademy.org/


CHABOT SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER (Sample Arriving Soon)
10000 Skyline Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94619
(510) 336-7491
(Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,879. )
http://www.chabotspace.org/


JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
(818) 354-4321
Tour information page of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 14 Lunar Sample Number 14310,221. )
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/


THE RICHARD NIXON LIBRARY & BIRTHPLACE
18001 Yorba Linda Blvd.
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
(714) 993-3393
(Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,160. )
http://www.nixonfoundation.org/


SAN DIEGO AEROSPACE MUSEUM
2001 Pan American Plaza
Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101-1636
(619) 234-8291
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70035,35. )
http://www.aerospacemuseum.org/index.html


Colorado
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HERITAGE CENTER
Old Main Building
University Avenue
Boulder, CO 80309-0459
(303) 492-6329
(Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,884. )
http://www.cualum.org/heritage/virtual_tour/moon_rock.html


District of Columbia
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
1145 17th Street
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 857-7588
(Display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample Number 12053,93. )
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorer/index.html


SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR & SPACE MUSEUM
Smithsonian Institution
6th & Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20560
(202) 357-1400
(202) 357-1505 (TTY)
(Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15016,20. )
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample Number 60025,53. )
(Soil display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70051,55. )
(Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,84. )
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 79135,102. )
http://www.nasm.si.edu/


SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Smithsonian Institution
10th & Constitution Ave.
Washington, DC 20560-0119
202-357-2700
TTY 202-357-1729
(Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15459,447. )
(Thin Section display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15459,19. )
(Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,880. )
(Thin Section display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,210. )
(Glass display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample Number 60025,54. )
(Thin Section display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample Number 60025,126. )
(Glass display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample Number 67915,276. )
(Thin Section display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample Number 67915,302. )
(Soil display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70051,51. )
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/


Florida
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX
State Rd 405
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
(800) 572-4636 (Fla. only)
(407) 452-2121
Kennedy Space Center's home page 
(Display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70035,40. )
(Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,287. )
http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/


Hawaii
ASTRONAUT ELLISON S. ONIZUKA SPACE CENTER
Kona International Airport
Kailua-Kona, HI 96745
(808) 329-3441
(Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 74255,38. )
http://www.planet-hawaii.com/astronautonizuka/


Illinois
ADLER PLANETARIUM & ASTRONOMY MUSEUM
1300 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605
312-922- STAR (7827)
TTY: 312-322-0995
(Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,767. )
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/


CHICAGO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
57th Street & Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60637-2093
(773) 684-1414
(Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 79155,10. )
http://www.msichicago.org/index.html


Indiana
INDIANA STATE MUSEUM
650 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-1637
(Display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample Number 60025,821. )
http://www.in.gov/ism/


Kansas
EISENHOWER LIBRARY
200 Southeast 4th Street
Abilene, KS 67410
(785) 263-4751
(Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,461.)
http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/museum.htm


KANSAS COSMOSPHERE AND SPACE CENTER
1100 North Plum
Hutchinson, KS 67501-1499
(316) 662-2305
(800) 397-0330
(Glass display of Apollo 11 Lunar Sample Number 10020,57. )
(Display of Apollo 12 Surveyor Scoop with Lunar Dust Sample Number
12029,25. )
http://www.cosmo.org/


Maryland
GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER (VC)
Explorer Rd
Greenbelt, MD 20771
(301) 286-8101
(301) 286-8103 (TDD)
(Glass display of Apollo 14 Lunar Sample Number 14310,215. )
http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/vc/vc.htm


Massachusetts
JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Columbia Point
Boston, MA 02125
(617) 929-4500
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,50. )
http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/index.htm


Michigan
MICHIGAN SPACE & SCIENCE CENTER (Lunar Display information on page)
2111 Emmons Road
Jackson, MI 49201-8335
(517) 787-4425
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,54.)
(Thin section display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,170.) 
http://www.jccmi.edu/spacecenter/


Mississippi
STENNIS SPACE CENTER (VC)
Stennis Space Center
Bldg 1200
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
(228) 688-2370
Lunar Display information page
Image of Lunar Display at Stennis Space Center 
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15015,80.)
http://www.ssc.nasa.gov/public/visitors/

 
New Mexico
LODESTAR ASTRONOMY CENTER, NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND
SCIENCE
1801 Mountain Road NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
(505) 841-2800
Lunar Display image 
(Display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 71566,4.) 
http://museums.state.nm.us/nmmnh/nmmnh.html


SPACE CENTER MUSEUM
Highway 2001
Alamogordo, NM 88311-0533
(505) 437-2840
Lunar Display information page 
(Display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,93.)
http://www.zianet.com/space/index.html

 
New York
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192
(212)-769-5200
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 14 Lunar Sample Number 14305,30.)
(Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15475,134.) 
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample Number 60015,179.) 
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70035,57.)
http://www.amnh.org/

 
U.S. MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS
1st Avenue & E. 45th
New York, NY 10017
(212) 963-8687
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 14 Lunar Sample Number 14321,86.)
http://www.un.org/

 
North Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF LIFE AND SCIENCE
433 Murray Avenue
Durham, NC 27704
(919) 220-5429
(Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15459,173.)
http://www.ncmls.org/

 
Ohio
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle
Cleveland, OH 44106-1767
1-800-317-9155
(216) 231-4600
(Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample Number 12055,35.)
http://www.cmnh.org/

 
GLEN RESEARCH CENTER (VC)
21000 Brookpark Rd
Cleveland, OH 44135
(216) 433-8920
Picture of Lunar Display at the Glen Research Center 
(Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15015,79.)
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/Doc/visitgrc.htm

 
NEIL ARMSTRONG AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
500 South Apollo Drive
Wapakoneta, Ohio 45895
(419) 738-8811
(Glass display of Apollo 11 Lunar Sample Number 10017,37. )
http://www.ohiohistory.org/places/armstron/


UNITED STATES AIR FORCE MUSEUM
1100 Spaatz Street
Wright-Patterson AFB
Dayton, OH 45433-7102
(937) 255-3286
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample Number 67455,1.)
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/index.htm

 
Pennsylvania
THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE SCIENCE MUSEUM
222 North 20th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1194
(215) 448-1200
(Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,463.)
http://www.fi.edu/

 
South Carolina
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE MUSEUM
301 Gervais St.
Columbia, SC 29202-3107
(803) 898-4921
Image of Lunar Display 
Glass display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample Number 60015,177. 
Texas
HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE
One Herman Circle Dr.
Houston, TX 77030
(713) 639-IMAX or (713) 639-4600
(Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample Number 12018,13. )
http://www.museum.state.sc.us/


LYNDON B. JOHNSON LIBRARY & MUSEUM
2313 Red River
Austin, TX 78705
(512) 916-5136
(Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,161. )
http://www.hmns.org/


SPACE CENTER HOUSTON 
1601 NASA Road 1
Houston, TX 77058
(281) 244-2105
(Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,238.)
http://www.spacecenter.org/

 
Utah
HANSEN PLANETARIUM
15 South State Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84111-1590
(801) 531-2104
(Thin Section display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,244.) 
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,464. )
http://www.hansenplanetarium.net/


Virginia
VIRGINIA AIR AND SPACE CENTER
600 Settlers Landing Road
Hampton, VA 23669-4033
(801) 296-0800
(757) 727-0900
Lunar Display information page 
(Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70017,138.)
http://www.vasc.org/

 
WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY (VC) (Page contains Lunar Display information)
Wallops Island, VA 23337
(757) 824-1344
(757) 824-2298
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70035,59.)
http://www.wff.nasa.gov/index.html

 
Washington
MUSEUM OF FLIGHT
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle, WA 98108
(206) 764-5700
(206) 764-5720
(Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample Number 12047,6.)
http://www.museumofflight.org/

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INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS
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Australia
CANBERRA DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATIONS COMPLEX
US Embassy Canberra, PSC 277
APO AP 96549
02 6201 7838
(Glass display of Apollo 11 Lunar Sample Number 10072,80.)
http://www.cdscc.nasa.gov/Pages/VisitorCentre/themoonrock.html


Canada
CAMP SPATIAL CANADA 
2150 Autoroute des Laurentides
Laval (Quebec) H7T 2T8 CANADA
(450) 978-3600 
(Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15545,87. )
http://www.cosmodome.org/htdocs/ang/
(Click on Space Science Center, TeleDetection/Moon, and then Next Page
to see display)


EDMONTON SPACE & SCIENCES CENTRE
11211 - 142 Street
Edmonton, Alberta, T5M 4A1, CANADA
(403) 451-3344 
(Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,791. )
http://www.odyssium.com/


ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTER
770 Don Mills Road
North York, Ontario
CANADA M3C 1T3
(416) 696-1000 
(Glass display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15075,25. )
http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/default.asp


MACMILLAN SPACE CENTRE
1100 Chestnut Street
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
V6J 3J9
(604) 738-7827
(Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,263. )
http://pacific-space-centre.bc.ca/


Denmark
TYCHO BRAHE PLANETARIUM
GI. Kongevej 10
DK-1610 Kobenhavn V, DENMARK
011 (45) 33 12 1224
(Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 75015,53. )
http://www.tycho.dk/english/index.html


England
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON
Cromwell Road
London SW7 5BD, ENGLAND
0(7)1-938-8800
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample Number 60015,87. )
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/


France
CITE DE L'ESPACE
Avenue Jean Gonord
Zone De La Plaine BP 5855
31506 Toulouse Cedex 5 FRANCE
33 5 62 71 6484
(Display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15499,10. )
http://www.cite-espace.com/english/index.htm


Germany
DEUTSCHES TECHNIKMUSEUM BERLIN
Trebbiner Str. 9
10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg, Germany
++49 30-254 84-0
(Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 76015,143. )
http://www.dtmb.de/index_en.html


MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Adenauerallee 250
53113 Bonn, GERMANY
49-228-91 65-269
(Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample Number 12055,32. )
http://www.hdg.de/index800.html


RIESKRATER MUSEUM
Eugene - Shoemaker-Platz 1
86720 Nordlingen, Germany
(09081) 27 38 22-0
(Glass display of Apollo 16 Lunar Sample Number 66075,26. )
http://www.iaag.geo.uni-muenchen.de/sammlung/Rieskrater/RiesCraterMuseum.html


Japan
SPACE WORLD, INC.
900-1, Edamitsu
Yahata-Higashi-Ku
Kitakyushu City, 805 JAPAN
81-93-672-3675
(Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample Number 12006,1. )
http://www.spaceworld.co.jp/


Mexico
UNIVERSUM, MUSEO DE LAS CIENCIAS DE LA UNAM
Edificio A, Circuito Exterior
CD, Universitaria, Delegacion Coyoacan
04510 Mexico, D.F., MEXICO
(Glass display of Apollo 11 Lunar Sample Number 10045,19. )
(Touchstone display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,286. )
http://www.universum.unam.mx/


Netherlands
NOORDWIJK SPACE EXPO
Keplerlaan 3, 2201 AZ Noordwijk
P.O. Box 277
2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
(431)(0)71-364 64 46
(Display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 77035,99. )
http://www.spaceexpo.nl/


Philippines
MUSEO PAMBATA FOUNDATION
Roxas Boulevard Corner South Drive
Manila, PHILIPPINES
(632) 59 24 25
(Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample Number 12055,37. )

Switzerland
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
34, Chemin des Colombettes
1211 Geneva 20, SWITZERLAND
(022) 338-91-91 
(Encapsulated display of Apollo 15 Lunar Sample Number 15555,766. )
http://www.wipo.org/index.html.en


United Kingdom
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES
Cathays Park, Cardiff CF1 3NP
UNITED KINGDOM
+44 (0)1222-397951 
(Glass display of Apollo 12 Lunar Sample Number 12022,92. )
http://www.nmgw.ac.uk/


NATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE CENTRE
Mansion House
41 Guildhall Lane, Leicester, LE15FQ
UNITED KINGDOM
0116 253 0811 
(Glass display of Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 74255,14)
http://www.nssc.co.uk/

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If you are a scientist and can meet the strict criteria, you too can
obtain a small sample for testing purposes:

REQUEST A SAMPLE
http://www-curator.jsc.nasa.gov/curator/lunar/samreq/samreq.htm

Dr. Gary Lofgren
ST/ Lunar Sample Curator
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX 77058-3696
USA
Telephone: (281) 483-6187
Fax: (281) 483-5347

Dr. Douglas W. Ming
ST/Lunar Simulant Curator
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX 77058-3696
USA
Telephone: (281) 483-5839
Fax: (281) 483-5347

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Clarification of Answer by tutuzdad-ga on 11 Mar 2003 17:17 PST

VERY INTERESTING BUT LITTLE KNOWN NOTE:

One of my esteemed collegues has infomormed me of something you may
find extremely interesting with rgeard to your question. Believe it or
not, in order to satisfy international customs laws Apollo astronauts
Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins filled out
this customs form after returning from foreign soil declaring "moon
rocks", "moon dust" and "samples".

http://www.research.att.com/~smb/imex.gif

I thought you might appreciate that interesting bit of icing on this
cake.

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga