# Heinlein's The Man Who Sold the Moon "lunar diamonds?"

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**Created:** [March 14, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heinleins-the-man-who-sold-the-moon-lunar-diamonds/748963 "2016-03-14T11:48:15Z")\
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Any random rock from the Moon is already effectively a gemstone, of much higher price than diamonds, just by virtue of being a Moon rock. The local natural history museum, for instance, has a whole room of gemstones, and the one in the place of pride in the center, most prominent and with the most security, is a chunk of lunar basalt.

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