Hello Mike G, I can vouch for this item and tell you that it is the real deal. There have been several presentations made with swatches of BetaCloth or other materials stained with lunar dust. Florian has been the primary supplier of these presentations and it is all legit. You can read more about his presentations on the collectSPACE.com forums.
I might note that stained hardware and artifacts are the only legal way to own lunar material from the Apollo missions. Owning several lunar meteorites, I could care less about buying 10 grains of Apollo lunar glass. BUT... what makes this artifact desirable (to me, anyway) is that it is an authentic artifact from Apollo 11 - the 'grail' of human exploration. Cheers, Mike Bandli ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Gilmer" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 6:43:36 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [meteorite-list] Real or Bogus? Hi ladies and gentlemen (and friends watching at home!) - It's time to play America's favorite game - "REAL OR BOGUS?" http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320324463986 Today's offering comes from the intrepid world of eBay. Here we see something billed as real moon dust that was recovered from Neil Armstrong's camera magazine. So, I have to ask everyone who is playing - REAL OR BOGUS? (If I was a gambling man, I'd say BOGUS) Regards and clear skies, MikeG ......................................................... Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA) Member of the Meteoritical Society. Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network. Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/fine_meteorites_4_sale .......................................................... ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
