Lunar basalt 70017

The Lunar basalt 70017 is a Moon rock gathered in 1972 by astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on the Apollo 17 mission near their Apollo Lunar Module and then divided into smaller pieces on Earth.

Lunar basalt 70017 is a Moon basalt that was collected by astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on the last crewed Moon landing, Apollo 17, when they made a speech referring to "the children of the world".

In 1973 President Nixon gave pieces of the lunar basalt 70017 to the 50 United States.

Some of the displays with the Moon rocks have been stolen, while others have been lost in inventory.

[1] The Apollo 17 "Lunar basalt 70017" total weight was 2957 grams.

Lunar basalt 70017 returned by the Apollo 17 crew
Apollo 17 display with a "Moon rock"