Moon Rock Turns Out to be Fake
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 - 08:35
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Dutch national Rijksmuseum made an embarrassing announcement last week that one of its most loved possessions, a moon rock, is a fake -- just an old piece of petrified wood that's never been anywhere near the moon.
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