Piece of meteorite worth VND 330 million

The meteorite falling on the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia in February has been auctioned by a Scottish collector in the UK.

On February 15, a meteorite weighing more than 10,000 tons with a diameter of 16.7m caught fire and exploded in the sky over Chelyabinsk. With a speed of more than 30 km / s, when flying through the atmosphere, the destructive power of the meteorite explosion equivalent to 20 times the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima in 1945. The aftershock of the collision caused 1,500 people injured, a factory and many houses buried in rubble.

A meteorite falls on the city of Chelyabinsk in the hands of the Russian girl

However, the meteorite explosion helped people like Rob Elliot become rich. Rob Elliot received meteorite pieces at Chelyabinsk and illegally transported them out of Russia. These are the only meteor pieces in the event in Russia being auctioned in the UK.

"Anyone who brings meteorite pieces out of Russia is arrested. So I mixed meteorites with electronic components and disguised in parcels to transfer abroad , " Elliot said. .

The Chelyabinsk meteorite that Elliot sold at this auction weighs 27.1g and is priced around £ 400 to 600 (equivalent to 13.2 to 19.8 million).

Expensive meteorite Hambleton has a beautiful pattern inside

In addition to the Chelyabinsk meteorite, Elliot also brought to the auction in England the extremely rare meteor Hambleton . Elliot's Hambleton has a weight of 2,900g and is valued at between 7,000 and 10,000 pounds (equivalent to 231 to 330 million).

The Hambleton meteorite along with the Chelyabinsk meteorite and the remaining items will be sold by Lyon & Turnbull meteorite auction company on August 20 in Edinburg, England.