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Man Keeps Rock For Years Thinking It's Gold. It Turned Out to Be Far More Valuable. (www.sciencealert.com)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Kind of bum that the article did not mention how much it was worth

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The researchers argue that the Maryborough meteorite is much rarer than gold, making it far more valuable to science.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just imagine how many science they could get if they traded it in!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

At least 3.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think their take is kind of questionable. It may be more valuable to science but its monetary value is almost certainly less than gold.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The writing is at morning program levels of goofiness; it's jarring. At 17 kg this meteorite would be worth over a million USD if it was gold. It's like the writer is taking a piss at the poor guy who hoped to get some money out of it.