"Of the 270 Apollo 11 Moon Rocks and Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon Rocks that were given to the nations of the world by the Nixon Administration, approximately 180 are currently unaccounted for. Many of the Moon rocks that are accounted for have been locked away in storage for decades. The location of the rocks has been tracked by researchers and hobbyists because of their rarity and the difficulty of obtaining more. Moon rocks have been subjects of theft and forgery as well."
Are you talking about these? We have one in Honduras, never heard anyone say it's petrified wood. Don't you think these people would have had to be incredibly stupid to give away petrified wood as a moon rock? At least give them some credit, if they came up with such a hoax it would have been much easier and realistic to break up a real rock, and give away the pebbles.
This rock we got wasn't part of the official program to give allied nations 1 gram each of moon dust/rock, which we also got. The fake rock was given to our Premier in '69 by the American ambassador. It was to good to be true, way to big, like a small fist.
"Of the 270 Apollo 11 Moon Rocks and Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon Rocks that were given to the nations of the world by the Nixon Administration, approximately 180 are currently unaccounted for. Many of the Moon rocks that are accounted for have been locked away in storage for decades. The location of the rocks has been tracked by researchers and hobbyists because of their rarity and the difficulty of obtaining more. Moon rocks have been subjects of theft and forgery as well."
Are you talking about these? We have one in Honduras, never heard anyone say it's petrified wood. Don't you think these people would have had to be incredibly stupid to give away petrified wood as a moon rock? At least give them some credit, if they came up with such a hoax it would have been much easier and realistic to break up a real rock, and give away the pebbles.
This rock we got wasn't part of the official program to give allied nations 1 gram each of moon dust/rock, which we also got. The fake rock was given to our Premier in '69 by the American ambassador. It was to good to be true, way to big, like a small fist.
So it was a gag gift?