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10-05-2018, 05:07 AM
A rock that was used as a doorstop for the past 30 years turns out to be a meteorite valued at $100K
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A 22-pound rock that has been propping open a door in Michigan for decades turns out to be a meteorite valued at $100,000, according to Central Michigan University.
Mona Sirbescu, a CMU geology professor, gets asked all the time by people to examine the rocks they bring her -- but none ever turn out to be an official space rock.
"For 18 years, the answer has been categorically 'no' -- meteor wrongs, not meteorites," Sibescu said in a statement from CMU on Thursday.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/04/us/meteorite-doorstop-michigan-trnd/index.html
https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181004214015-doorstop-meteorite-exlarge-169.jpg
A 22-pound rock that has been propping open a door in Michigan for decades turns out to be a meteorite valued at $100,000, according to Central Michigan University.
Mona Sirbescu, a CMU geology professor, gets asked all the time by people to examine the rocks they bring her -- but none ever turn out to be an official space rock.
"For 18 years, the answer has been categorically 'no' -- meteor wrongs, not meteorites," Sibescu said in a statement from CMU on Thursday.
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/04/us/meteorite-doorstop-michigan-trnd/index.html