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The door stop of an ordinary American farmer from the city Grand Rapids suddenly turned out to be an incredibly rare and valuable piece. meteorite. This was found by experts at the University of Michigan, by which a man recently took a stone. Scientists also determined that the cost of an “alien guest” is at least 100 one thousand dollars. Imagine the shock of our hero who is three for decades, propped up the door of his the barn.
Geology teacher Mona Sirbescu says that compatriot who wished to remain anonymous brought her A 10 kilogram stone that he called a meteorite. At first the expert was skeptical of the farmer’s words, however, looking at artifact, quickly realized that before her something unusual. Eventually it turned out that the chip is the sixth largest meteorite, ever found in Michigan. It consists of 88% iron and 12% of nickel.
According to Sirbescu, a rare composition makes a meteor very valuable for science and therefore expensive in terms of money. Not trusting her own assessment, the researcher sent a stone to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. There are all assumptions geologist have been confirmed. Currently, the metropolitan university is considering the acquisition of a piece of space from the farmer body for the purpose of thorough study, and then exposure to a museum.
The owner of the meteorite reports that he acquired it with the farm in 1988 year. Even then, an unusual-looking stone was used there for backups of the barn door. Only by chance did the American think about the fact that this chip is not an ordinary stone and may be worth at least some money. On this, our hero was pushed by a television program about meteorites. If scientists actually buy an artifact from him, man promises to transfer part of the proceeds to research University of Michigan.
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