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

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[-] Cyberbatman@lemmings.world 19 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Fester@lemm.ee 38 points 11 months ago

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

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[-] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

At least 3.

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 12 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] luciole@beehaw.org 7 points 11 months ago

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.

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