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Indonesian coffin traders picked up 4.5 billion-year-old meteorites for $857 per gram and sold for 12 million sky-high prices

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A coffin maker man on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, Ruosu. What is it like for Hatagalon to pick up something exotic in his yard and then make media headlines around the world because of his unique good fortune?

Indonesian coffin traders picked up 4.5 billion-year-old meteorites for $857 per gram and sold for 12 million sky-high prices

Hatagalon, who was 33 years old at the time, was buying wood outside, and had just recently received several orders to return home and work overtime to rush out, when suddenly a 2.1-kilogram meteorite smashed through his balcony and fell directly into the soil that was only 15 centimeters away from the house. According to Hatagaron's recollection, the sound made when the stone first landed was very loud, and he felt that the whole house was shaken by the sound, and he put down his work and hurriedly checked the surroundings of his house, only to find that not only the balcony was smashed through by meteorites, but even the roof was also smashed.

Indonesian coffin traders picked up 4.5 billion-year-old meteorites for $857 per gram and sold for 12 million sky-high prices

Hatagaron had heard of the meteorite, but he didn't expect to be able to touch it, thankfully he was not hurt by the meteorite, when he found the meteorite outside the house, it still had temperature, and it could be seen that it had been partially broken. Then Hatagaron carefully pulled out the meteorite and picked it up with the iron pot at home.

Indonesian coffin traders picked up 4.5 billion-year-old meteorites for $857 per gram and sold for 12 million sky-high prices

Meteorites appear in every epoch, but this is the first time meteorites have appeared in people's homes in this form, and soon the news of meteorites in Hatagalon's home attracted experts to visit. Experts estimate that the original volume of this meteorite should be very large, look at the material history has exceeded 4.5 billion years, known as CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite meteorite, compared to other meteorites, Hatagalon this one is extremely rare, per gram can sell for 857 US dollars (about 5628 yuan), this 2.1 kg of rough meteorite can be sold for 1.85 million US dollars (about 12 million yuan), that is to say, this piece of meteorite can allow Hataggaron to at least 30 years without work.

Indonesian coffin traders picked up 4.5 billion-year-old meteorites for $857 per gram and sold for 12 million sky-high prices

This kind of luck seems to be something that few people around the world can have, right? The meteorite that Hatagalon discovered at home was followed by American meteorite expert Jared. Collins bought it and sold it to a doctor and meteorite collector in Indianapolis, and no one knows how much Collins made in the middle, but Hatagaron was an overnight rich.

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