...That would match up with what we think might've happened down South. I asked the locals if they noticed anythin' unusual 'fore hell broke loose in the field, but nothin' came to mind. I figured it'd been sittin' there for a while until the farmer accidentally disturbed it, so if it was unintentionally dropped there, makes sense that no one noticed 'till it caused problems.

I'm willin' to bet they wanted to avoid transportin' any moon rocks through Central 'cause it'd be a diplomatic nightmare if it was caught, so anythin' moved between East and West would have to go through South or North. If the source stone was originally in the North [ Thanks Robin and Ithaqua for the additional info. ], then a chunk was taken to that lab to the East, maybe another to the West, messed about in the North while they were at it, and possibly they were exchangin' whatever findings they got...