Northlandia: The West Duluth rocks used in moon research - Duluth News Tribune | News, weather, and sports from Duluth, Minnesota

The basalt shared properties with a sample brought to Earth on Apollo 11, so researchers ground down the basalt into the very first lunar simulant.

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