moon rocks?

[robomont]

please mods put this in the right place as i dont no where to place.

 

my friend may actuall have two moon rocks.we have both looked at every photo we could find of meteors and moon rocks and this just may be the real deal.

what are the exact steps to go about verification.if they are real then the value could be around a million $.so he wants to make sure.this is not a joke.

we have some photos of them but they are not highly detailed.phone camera.

thankyou for your time.we live in northeast texas for reference of closest lab or what not.

[ACG52]

How did your friend get these rocks?

 

If there's no documentation attesting to it's provenance, all you have are some rocks.

Edited May 30, 2013 by ACG52

[robomont]

we were digging a new fill line and about two feet down in untouched soil.a year ago.three witnesses.

[ACG52]

So you were digging, and found some rocks underground.

 

Why would you possible think they were moon rocks?

[robomont]

we originally thought they were meteorites until we washed them off.then we compared them to pics and the only thing that was visually comparable was moon rocks.then we saw the value of moon rocks and our jaws dropped.we arent taking any chances with them yet.there is no meteorite pic on the net that even comes close.

Edited May 30, 2013 by robomont

[ACG52]

So because of a resemblance to pictures you think they're moon rocks.

 

Even though they were dug up 240,000 miles away from the moon, and there's no possible way they could have gotten there?

 

I think that's a step or two beyond silly.

 

But then, as you said, it is Texas.

Edited May 30, 2013 by ACG52

[robomont]

yes we know moon rocks are extremely rare.thats why we want an exact method of verification.step by step.

we are considering doing a mass spec on some dust and we are considering cutting a slice on one.any suggestion?

 

there are two moon rocks found on earth that have been scientifically verified.so yes it is possible.a impact on the moon can expel rocks that end up on earth.very rare but not impossible.

[pwagen]

Pictures?

[robomont]

how do i post photobucket.yes i got pics

[pwagen]

http://support.photobucket.com/entries/21113677-Link-Codes-Embedding-or-Linking-Photos-and-Videos

[robomont]

is it one of the symbols at the bottom of post area? http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t522/robomont/2013-04-29_084013_zpsb939f55e.jpg

 

http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t522/robomont/2013-04-29_083549_zps4a3d7185.jpg

 

http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/t522/robomont/2013-04-29083559_zps7f3b7cbc.jpg

[ACG52]

I'm not a geologist, but all I'm seeing in that photo is a very blurry picture of what appears to be a simple igneous rock. Quite common, it is one of the three main types of rock on earth. There's nothing to suggest it came from the moon.

[robomont]

these are the only photos i have.enjoy : )

[ACG52]

I can step out into my back yard and easily find rocks which appear identical to your pictures.

[robomont]

these rocks were found in clay two feet down.as i posted above the pic quality is poor.there are no ignious rocks found in our part of the country.iron ore and sandstone are the only types found in this region and they are not found in large quantities in the northern part of east texas.

for the sceptics: no there is not a flashing neon sign proclaiming they are moon rocks.thats why im asking.

[Phi for All]

these rocks were found in clay two feet down.as i posted above the pic quality is poor.there are no ignious rocks found in our part of the country.iron ore and sandstone are the only types found in this region and they are not found in large quantities in the northern part of east texas.

for the sceptics: no there is not a flashing neon sign proclaiming they are moon rocks.thats why im asking.

 

You have to take them to a university to be tested. AFAIK, there have never been any lunar meteorite finds in North America. Every state in the US has a moon rock sample from the Apollo missions to compare, iirc, and Houston has the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center where most of the moon rocks are stored.

[robomont]

iron mangenese concretion.that is what the tamu geologist suggest it is.

will see.

[Ophiolite]

^{Close to two hundred individual stones, derived from perhaps eighty meteors, are known to have come from the moon. Nevertheless a new lunar find would be exciting.}

^{The photographs are very blurry, so any serious identification is not possible. Nevertheless I doubted ACG52's suggestion that they were a conventional igneous rock. Those would be unlikely to weather in the way this specimen did.}

 

^{Some form of nodule as suggest by tamu (Texas A&M?) does seem most likely. It certainly looks nothing like a lunar rock.}