Reply #8: I saw a real moon rock at a major mineral show a few years ago.

[MineralMan]

It was being quietly passed around people who could afford such a thing. I wasn't anywhere near being in that category, but did business with some who were. I did not find out into whose hands it ended up, but it did find a new owner and major amounts of money were exchanged. The moon rock came with undeniable provenance, with the person who had possession of it being at that show and available for private meetings. The provenance involved someone who had been on the moon at one time. I was not close enough to the deal to know the name of that person.

I suspect, given my knowledge of the market, it is in the hands of a very wealthy mineral collector, and will not reappear on the market until he dies. At that time, it will again circulate at one of the major mineral shows and be sold again, unnoticed and unreported.

This time, it will probably happen in Europe, probably at the annual Munich show. That's my expectation, since the real big dollars were coming from there at the time. So, there is at least one legitimate moon rock in private hands. I suspect there are more than that which have changed hands since the moon missions. It's sort of a no-brainer, really.