Russian Meteorite Bits Will Be Used In Some 2014 Olympic Medals

universetoday.com ^ | July 25, 2013 | Elizabeth Howell on

[BenLurkin]

Athletes who top the podium on Feb. 15, 2014 will receive special medals with pieces of the Chelyabinsk meteor that broke up over the remote Russian community on that day in 2013, according to media reports.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Cool! Can’t wait for one to show up on “Pawn Stars!”

[null and void]

That’s extremely cool!

[discostu]

That’s pretty cool.

[VanDeKoik]

The best I can give you is 30 dollars.

[tet68]

The best I can give you is 30 dollars.

Tell ya what I’ll do, $30 and I’ll trade you this
bit of the first Soviet astronaut, I’ve got several
of them anyway...

[bgill]

Yep, cool.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Except for the ones made from bits of the Chernobyl core...

[Moltke]

What’s the polonium content in the medals for the non-Russian winners?

[dfwgator]

"In Philadelphia it's worth 50 bucks."

[GeronL]

you mean “fitty?”

[BenLurkin]

"Well, not in El Paso, it ain't.
In El Paso I got me $250 for it."

[hosepipe]

SHould easy to melt the gold and strain the meterite bits out of it..

[frithguild]

Leave it to the Russians to debase purity of gold, with everyone saying, “That’s cool.”