I got to go in the big moon rock vault at JSC once and see all[1] the moon rocks. I don't remember any particular smell. Of course unlike in a museum, the ones

I got to go in the big moon rock vault at JSC once and see all[1] the moon rocks. I don't remember any particular smell. Of course unlike in a museum, the ones in there we couldn't touch with bare hands or anything -- we were in bunny suits with gloves and masks and so on. And I didn't try to sniff any! Interesting article, I see that someone else agrees they don't smell like anything in the vault. :) [1] Not literally all: aside from the small samples out for display at museums etc., about 10-15% IIRC are kept at White Sands rather than at Johnson.