Man Keeps a Rock For Years, Hoping It's Gold. It Turned Out to Be Far More Valuable

https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | 22 NOVEMBER 2021 | JACINTA BOWLER

[Red Badger]

Ping!...................

[Jonty30]

So, how much is it worth?

1088 ounces of gold would be worth about $1.3 million, or so.

[Newbomb Turk]

What did it sell for. Gold at least has a cash value.

[Alas Babylon!]

If it’s worth more than gold, how much did the scientists pay him for it, or do they just simply take it?

Maybe Fauci told them he was science, after all, and one shouldn’t question him/it.

[Track9]

Was this a Mel Brooks movie?

[CatOwner]

If this had happened recently, I’m sure under Australia COVID law the museum would take possession of rock without any compensation to the finder.

[Red Badger]

Even old Mel couldn’t come up with this storyline!...............

[zeebee]

All he had to do was to put a magnet on it

[Red Badger]

If it had happened in the UK, all valuable finds belong to the Crown...............

[libertylover]

Forwarded to my geologist cousin who is a consultant for a gold mine. Maybe he’s looking for the wrong stuff.

[Red Badger]

......or water...............

[j.havenfarm]

In very rough terms, the math in my head, it looks like about $150 per pound for iron, and up to a thousand times more for rarer mineral mixes. Given the rarity as described, I’m going to speculate that it’s easily more than an equivalent amount of gold. http://www.meteorlab.com/METEORLAB2001dev/pricing.htm

[Yo-Yo]

LOL, beat me to it!

[BBB333]

I recall seeing a meteorite exhibit at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) in the late 70’s.

One meteorite from somewhere in South America had been meticulously cut/carved/polished into a wrench...It was odd to look at with it’s dark hue and specks of ‘shiny bits’ - also it was not offset which to my mechanical mind still bugs me to this day...

[Track9]

Love the image of the guy beating the thing with a sledgehammer. Very 2001 Space Odyssey of him.

[Robert DeLong]

I found a rock that looked just like that, only twice as big and too heavy for me to carry home. Story of my life. 🙂

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger. Nice find!

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[marktwain]

It should be worth at least $10 per gram, probably much more.

$10 per gram would be $170,000. As larger meteorites go for more per gram, it would possibly go for $50 per gram, which would $850,000.

I would not expect it to go for more, because it is not flashy or obviously, visually, meteoric.

But large, intact meteorites such as this are very rare. An auction would determine the real value.

The above is based on a few minutes researching the subject on the internet.

[Tucker39]

So the museum glommed onto the meteorite and kept it. And ol’ Dave got bupkiss! They didn’t even name it after him. But to name it the “D.Hole Meteorite” would not have lent it much shine or sizzle, would it? Good thing his birth name wasn’t Alfred, though.