Discovering an old rock kept for the past 6 years is actually a 'treasure'

Discovering an old rock kept for the past 6 years is actually a 'treasure'

A man from Australia named David Hole found a strange rock during an outing in Maryborough Regional Park, Melbourne. The rock was unusually large, very heavy, red, mixed with some yellow clay.

David Hole took it home and discovered the strange stone for himself. David Hole has tried saws, angle grinders, drills, even soaking it in acid. However, even a hammer hitting the stone very hard could not break it.

For the past 6 years, he has always kept the stone, never sold it because he thought it contained gold.

The Maryborough area was once the site of the famous gold rush in Australia in the 19th century.

Recently, he took the stone to be examined at the Melbourne Museum and received unexpected, unexpected results. The old stone that he has kept for so long is part of a rare meteorite, estimated to be 4.6 billion years old.

Experts at the Melbourne Museum said the meteorite was quite heavy because it was filled with iron and nickel. This is a meteorite of extraterrestrial origin.

Dermot Henry, a geologist at the museum, said that in his 37 years working at the site, he has only seen two meteorites.

Dermot Henry said: "The rock appears to be carved on the outside, with a small amount of depression. It was formed as they passed through the atmosphere, burned, creating uneven uneven depressions."

Experts call David Hole's 17-kilogram rock the Maryborough meteorite, named after the town where it was found. They used a super-hard diamond saw to cut off the outer edge, revealing an inner section containing many small silver particles.

Dermot Henry said: "Observing meteors will provide us with a lot of information, the simplest space exploration. They take people back in time, provide clues about age, formation and chemistry. of the solar system".

The researchers still do not know where the meteorite came from and how long it has been on Earth, they estimate the rock has been on Earth for about 200 years. They argue that the Maryborough meteorite is much rarer than gold and valuable to science. This is one of 17 meteorites ever found in Victoria, Australia