Without knowing what it was, man used meteorite as door weight for YEARS

What would you do if you found one meteorite? In the United States, a man used nothing less than a meteorite as a doorstop for about thirty years. That’s exactly what you read: a farmer kept this stone as a simple everyday object for years, until he decided to sell it.

David Mazurek led a peaceful life on his farm, however, he owned a meteorite of great importance, recognized by the scientific community. For three decades, this space rock served as support for a door in a warehouse, even though he knew it was not something common.

Photo: Michigan State University/Reproduction

Man decided to look for information only in 2018

Many years later, more precisely in 2018, David finally decided to look for geologist Mona Sirbescu, from Central Michigan University. After all, he wanted answers about the origin of the object, as, to him, it didn’t look like an ordinary stone.

Sirbescu stated that the moment he saw the stone, he immediately knew it was something special. She even declares that it is the most valuable meteorite she has ever seen, both in monetary terms and to the scientific community.

So, you may ask: how does this meteorite Did it end up on David’s farm? The man bought the farm in 1988. At the time, the former owner took Mazurek on an exploration of the region. During this walk, Mazurek saw a huge and somewhat strange rock, which was used as a support for a warehouse door.

Mazurek, upon noticing the peculiar object, asked about the origin of the rock. To his surprise, the former owner shared an incredible story: in the 1930s, he and his father saw the object fall from the sky at night onto their property, accompanied by a loud bang. The next day, they discovered what it was.

Therefore, the meteorite became the property of the new owner of the farm and stayed with him for a long time, until he made the decision to look for a researcher who could give him more information. Michigan State University’s Abrams Planetarium acquired the meteorite for a value of US$75 thousand, a value that corresponds to more than R$370 thousand.

It was a good deal, right?