A Man Used This Rock ‘Doorstopper’ For Years, Until A Scientist Told Him The Truth

a man used this rock door stopper for years until the scientists told him the truth wouldn't be nice of that old portrait you pick from that yard sale 10 years ago turned out to be a priceless work of art or if those tchotchkes your great-grandma handed down to you were worth a small fortune everyone dreams of the seemingly worthless things sitting around their homes making them a millionaire and for some this dream may actually come true for 30 years one Michigan man believed that the doorstop keeping his backyard shadow jar was nothing more than a large worthless stone but after getting an expert opinion he learned that there was much more to this simple rock than met the eye and that he was about to become a very rich man most homebuyers are pretty adamant about checking out a property before buying and David Mazurek was no different sure the add more Michigan farm he was looking to purchase back in 1988 wasn't exactly brand-new but Mazurek still wanted to know exactly what he was getting himself into as the property's owner led him on a tour of the farm Mazurek noticed a large stone propping open the door of the back shed Mazurek thought nothing of it at first yet as the tour continued he just couldn't shake the odd-looking rock from his behind finally Mazurek had to ask when the world was that thing it was unlike any rock or stone he'd ever seen before that's when the farmer revealed it wasn't of this world at all according to the farmer he'd actually seen the rock fall from the night sky as a child back in the 1930s eager to recover the space stone he and his father had trekked out to the fields the next morning to see if they could locate it jutting from a large crater in the earth the stone was still hot to the touch as the farmer and his father pulled it from the dirt neither of them had ever seen anything like it before though given its weight they figured it'd be best used as a doorstop the farmers story was believable enough but even so Mazurek wasn't entirely convinced a meteorite as a doorstop what a waste still he was more than happy to take the stone when the farmer offered it to him along the property for the next three decades Mazurek made the use of the rock in the only way he knew how as a doorstop yet the unusual stone continued to marvel all those who saw it and over the years the children even brought it to school for show and tell finally following a meteor shower in 2018 Mazurek began to wonder if the farmers story might have been true after all people all over Michigan were finding meteorites in their own backyards though they certainly weren't using them as doorstops not only were michigan Ian's turning these space rocks in for cash but they were also making some pretty big bucks doing it too Missouri could only imagine what his doorstop might be worth but there was still one glaring question he needed to answer first was this really a meteorite herd just an ugly Rock he contacted a friend who studied geology at Central Michigan University who then led him to dr. Manas abbess KU a professor at CMU dr. Sabet co agreed to examine the stone though she wasn't particularly optimistic about the outcome over the years dr. Sabet Co had been approached hundreds of times about suspected meteorites and nine times out of ten these extraterrestrial objects turned out to be just ordinary rocks yet as soon as she laid eyes on Mazurek stone dr. service ku knew she was dealing with something special holding it in her hands the large rock had all the tell-tale signs of being a meteorite though it had take more than just a physical examination to confirm her suspicions using x-ray fluorescence dr. Sabet Co dove into the makeup of the stone while Mazurek doorstop was 88% iron it also contained 12 percent nickel being that this metal is almost solely found on meteorites dr. Sabet Kohn ooh that this stone came from outer space weighing over 22 pounds Mazurek meteorite was now the sixth largest space stone of its kind to be recovered in Michigan with a pedigree like this dr. Sabet Co was confident that the rock could fetch a ton at auction more specifically she suggested it could be worth up to $100,000 but they were getting ahead of themselves here and dr. sur Basco didn't want to make any promises she couldn't keep to be extra sure that this was truly a $100,000 meteorite she sliced a piece of the rock and mailed it off to the Smithsonian for additional analysis geologist Katherine Corrigan was the first to examine the stone and after a few tests she could corroborate doctor services findings but even with the meteorites identity finally set in stone what was to become of Mazurek sin credible find according to dr. Sir Moscow he had two options sell the stone to museum or sell it to a private collector looking to turn a profit either way Mazurek was determined to put the proceeds from the meteorite to good use if he did decide to sell the stone Mazurek vowed to donate 10% of the sale to CMU to provide further funding for geological studies regardless of the donation however dr. Sir Bosco insisted that being able to study the meteorite was gift enough allowing her students to physically interact with the space rock gave them a unique perspective on the true nature of their studies just think what I was holding is a piece of the early solar system that literally fell into our hands dr. Sabet Cooper called Mazurek meteorite now dubbed the Admor meteorite continues to be analyzed in the hope of discovering rarer elements within but although meteorites are not an entirely uncommon sight here on earth one unusual stone once found on the moon had no earthly business being there at all you

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Published: Fri Aug 16 2019