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The Virginian-Pilot
© January 14, 2006 | Last updated 11:08 PM Jan. 13
VIRGINIA BEACH — Who got the rocks?
That’s what police are asking after someone broke into a car near Oceana Naval Air Station earlier this week and took some rare specimens from the moon.
Police said the theft was reported at 3:24 a.m. Tuesday at a home on Garcia Drive. The car belongs to a NASA instructor.
Lunar rocks are a precious commodity. None has been sold or given away.
NASA had entrusted the stolen rocks to contracted instructors. The specimens were sealed within two plastic disks labeled “meteorite sample” and “lunar sample,” said police spokeswoman Margie Long . They were taken along with the silver briefcase they were in.
The rocks – grayish lumps – are not dangerous, but they are expensive. Lunar rocks are worth 10 times their weight in the highest-quality diamonds.
The Virginian-Pilot
© January 14, 2006 | Last updated 11:08 PM Jan. 13
VIRGINIA BEACH — Who got the rocks?
That’s what police are asking after someone broke into a car near Oceana Naval Air Station earlier this week and took some rare specimens from the moon.
Police said the theft was reported at 3:24 a.m. Tuesday at a home on Garcia Drive. The car belongs to a NASA instructor.
Lunar rocks are a precious commodity. None has been sold or given away.
NASA had entrusted the stolen rocks to contracted instructors. The specimens were sealed within two plastic disks labeled “meteorite sample” and “lunar sample,” said police spokeswoman Margie Long . They were taken along with the silver briefcase they were in.
The rocks – grayish lumps – are not dangerous, but they are expensive. Lunar rocks are worth 10 times their weight in the highest-quality diamonds.