$100,000 door stop. A rock used as a doorstop for the past 30 years turns out to be a meteorite valued at $100K
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.That make people strange. Someone uses piece of rock as door stop. Now discovered, that rock is meteorite, and immediately value of this increased from 0$ to 100k$. I understand there is lot of rich people, who don't mind to spend 100k$. But there is more wise ideas, how to use this money!
JackJohn
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Nov 7, 2018
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When I saw this news article I wondered: How exactly do we place a value on a meteorite and who profits (unfairly)?
Here’s an interesting and reliable source of information about meteorite identification and testing - if you’re suddenly into space rocks ?
vcg1234
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Oct 5, 2018
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are you referring to the article as a reliable source or are you missing a link?
@Lukian Oops... here's the link - from a lunar geochemist (how cool is that career path?!)
If you find a meteorite on your property, it's yours. The value is whatever anybody wants to pay for it.
Uniqueness and scarcity
@LaMariposa
As pointless as diamond engagement rings on ladies ring fingers?
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