Best mates make $200K after finding extremely rare meteorite in QLD

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    <p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Two best mates have made $200,000 after selling a meteorite believed to be four-and-a-half billion years old, which they found while searching for gold.  </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>In 2016 Paul McRae and John Miller were walking home after a day of gold-fossicking on cattle-grazing country near Georgetown in north Queensland when Paul’s metal detector was set off.  </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>It was nearly a year before the pair decided to take the 25kg rock to Geoscience Australia during a work trip, and they discovered it was one of only six fallen stars of its kind. <span style=”font-size: 16px;”></span></p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> Best mates Paul and John (pictured) have made $200,000 after selling a meteorite believed to be 4.5 billion years old which they found one day while searching for gold and left in a ute </div> <noscript> Best mates Paul and John (pictured) have made $200,000 after selling a meteorite believed to be 4.5 billion years old which they found one day while searching for gold and left in a ute </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Best mates Paul and John (pictured) have made $200,000 after selling a meteorite believed to be 4.5 billion years old which they found one day while searching for gold and left in a ute</p></div><div class=”mol-img-group floatRHS” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> In 2016 the pair were walking home after a day of gold-fossicking on cattle-grazing country near Georgetown (pictured) in north Queensland when Paul's metal detector was set off </div> <noscript> In 2016 the pair were walking home after a day of gold-fossicking on cattle-grazing country near Georgetown (pictured) in north Queensland when Paul's metal detector was set off </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>In 2016 the pair were walking home after a day of gold-fossicking on cattle-grazing country near Georgetown (pictured) in north Queensland when Paul’s metal Pressurized Leak Detector korea was set off</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>When scientist Steven Petkovski was told two men from Queensland had a rock in the boot of their car for him to look at, he wasn’t hopeful. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’Often we get people come in, members of the public, just to show us some of the rocks that they have and this and that,’ he told Daily Mail Australia. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’We went out to the car park and they opened their boot and had a look at it, and was fairly sure and certain at the time that they indeed had a really large iron meteorite.’ </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Any meteorite – pieces of rock that were once part of asteroids but have landed on Earth – are always exciting, but this particular iron-nickel piece is especially rare. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The solar system is believed to have formed 4.6 billion years ago, meaning the meteorite could be as old as Earth itself. </p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> It was nearly a year before the pair decided to take the rock to Geoscience Australia during a work trip, and they discovered it was one of only six fallen stars of its kind. Pictured: Paul with the asteroid chunk </div> <noscript> It was nearly a year before the pair decided to take the rock to Geoscience Australia during a work trip, and they discovered it was one of only six fallen stars of its kind. Pictured: Paul with the asteroid chunk </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>It was nearly a year before the pair decided to take the rock to Geoscience Australia during a work trip, and they discovered it was one of only six fallen stars of its kind. Pictured: Paul with the asteroid chunk</p></div><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> Asteroid pieces with this particular mineral composition have only been discovered in five other places, four of which were in Antarctica and one in the US </div> <noscript> Asteroid pieces with this particular mineral composition have only been discovered in five other places, four of which were in Antarctica and one in the US </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Asteroid pieces with this particular mineral composition have only been discovered in five other places, four of which were in Antarctica and one in the US </p></div><div><div data-track-module=”am-related_carousel^related_carousel” data-track-selector=”.rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])” data-dm-rotator-rotate=”false” data-track-pos=”static” data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=”” data-dm-rotator-auto-init=”” id=”p-24″ class=”related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half” data-dm-rotator-active-class=”active” data-dm-rotator-page-count=”2.0″ data-dm-social-article-auto-init=”” data-dm-rotator-page-size=”1″> <div class=”rotator bdrcc”> <div class=”rotator-title”> <h2>RELATED ARTICLES</h2> <ul class=”rotator-pages link-xocc”> <li class=”rotator-prev”>Previous

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    </div> </div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Meteorites of this type have only been discovered in five other locations, four of which were in Antarctica and one in the US. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’It’s a really rare type of meteorite that contains iron that is sulphide rich which also has a really rare mineral called troilite,’ Mr Petkovski said. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Other pieces of the same meteorite have been found in the same North Queensland region and scientists are trying to find out when it hit the Earth. </p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> Other pieces of the same meteorite have been found in the same North Queensland region and scientists are trying to find if and when it exploded before hitting earth. Pictured: The mates spent two hours digging before they found the piece </div> <noscript> Other pieces of the same meteorite have been found in the same North Queensland region and scientists are trying to find if and when it exploded before hitting earth. Pictured: The mates spent two hours digging before they found the piece </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Other pieces of the same meteorite have been found in the same North Queensland region and scientists are trying to find if and when it exploded before hitting earth. Pictured: The mates spent two hours digging before they found the piece</p></div><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> Adventurous friends Paul and John could have split the special rock (pictured) into pieces and made a lot more money, but they wanted it to be used for scientific and educational purposes </div> <noscript> Adventurous friends Paul and John could have split the special rock (pictured) into pieces and made a lot more money, but they wanted it to be used for scientific and educational purposes </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Adventurous friends Paul and John could have split the special rock (pictured) into pieces and made a lot more money, but they wanted it to be used for scientific and educational purposes</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Friends Paul and John could have made a lot more money if they split the special rock into pieces, but they wanted it to be used for science and education.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’They had the opportunity to possibly make a lot more money by slicing it up and and and Pressurized Leak Detector korea filling it in pieces but they wanted to see it go to a good home,’ said Mr Petkovski.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’They’re very keen on learning more and understand more about the science from my discussions with them.'</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Besides the scientific significance, the museum curator said the mineral looked like an artwork and is now on display at Geoscience Australia in Canberra and <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> Besides the scientific significance, the museum curator said the mineral (pictured) was as pretty as an artwork </div> <noscript> Besides the scientific significance, the museum curator said the mineral (pictured) was as pretty as an artwork </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Besides the scientific significance, the museum curator said the mineral (pictured) was as pretty as an artwork </p></div><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> The meteorite is available to be viewed in Canberra at Geoscience Australia or at the online gallery </div> <noscript> The meteorite is available to be viewed in Canberra at Geoscience Australia or at the online gallery </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>The meteorite is available to be viewed in Canberra at Geoscience Australia or at the online gallery</p></div></div>
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