Last week , a shooting star blew apart over Russia ’s Chelyabinsk realm , generating a shockwave that bruise hundreds and induce millions of dollars in hurt . The disintegrating bolide straw bits and pieces of itself over the country ’s Ural mickle , some of which researchersnow claim to have recovered . But scientists are n’t the only 1 interested in the fragmented space John Rock — meteorite hunters have reportedly take to the Ural Mountains ’ frosty gradient in droves in search of rich , in what ’s being billed as a “ meteorite charge . ”
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ViaReuters :
One amateur distance enthusiast estimate chunks could be deserving anything up to 66,000 ruble ( $ 2,200 ) per gram – more than 40 times the current price of Au .
“ The price is hard to say yet … The fewer meteorite that are recovered , the higher their price , ” said Dmitry Kachkalin , a member of the Russian Society of Amateur Meteorite Lovers . Meteorites are parts of a meteoroid that have fallen to earth .
scientist at the Urals Federal University were the first to announce a significant discovery – 53 minuscule , stony , calamitous objects around Lake Chebarkul , near Chelyabinsk , which tests confirmed were small meteorites .
The fragment were only 0.5 to 1 cm ( 0.2 to 0.4 inches ) across but the scientists enjoin larger while may have crashed into the lake , where a volcanic crater in the ice rink about eight meters ( 26 feet ) wide open up up after Friday ’s explosion .
More on the on-going hunt for piece of the “ once - in - a - hundred ” meteoriteat Reuters .
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