[Rockhounds] Moon Rocks for Sale

[Axel Emmermann]

Hi Kreigh

Unless these rocks are fluorescent, I would not pay big bucks for them. If they were, however, I would regret the lack of big bucks in my bank account.
Minerals of lunar origin would fluoresce quite differently from their earthly counterparts. This is mostly due to the lower oxidation states that activators are likely to be in. 
The Lanthanide series elements would mostly be in divalent state, rather than trivalent state as we find them on earth. Trivalent iron would be much rarer than divalent iron... So lunar feldspars are much more likely to fluoresce blue (Eu2+) than cherry red (Fe3+).

Cheers Axel
 

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Van: Rockhounds <rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com> Namens Kreigh Tomaszewski
Verzonden: dinsdag 30 oktober 2018 14:33
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Onderwerp: [Rockhounds] Moon Rocks for Sale

Have you ever wanted to own a piece of the moon? Now might be your chance, if you have a million bucks lying around. Next month Sotheby’s in New York will auction off some of the only moon rocks that can be legally owned by private individuals.


https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/real-moon-rocks-go-up-for-auction-in-new-york-expected-1830092539
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