Authorities in California have arrested a woman accused of trying to sell a moon rock for $US1.7 million ($A1.6 million).
The Riverside County sheriff's department says the woman was arrested during an undercover meeting at a Lake Elsinore restaurant, where she showed the rock for an undercover NASA investigator.
The rock has been recovered.
The US considers moon rocks national treasures that cannot be sold.
Authorities say NASA had been investigating the case for several months.
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Authorities haven't released the identity of the woman or details on how she obtained the rock.
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