KUER Local News
(2008-06-04)
MICHIGAN
(wgvu) -
Think of it as a space rock shaped like a mitten.A 75-pound nickel-and-iron meteorite that resembles Michigan's
Lower Peninsula will go on the auction block this Sunday in Dallas.
The meteorite is expected to sell for between $32,500 and
$40,000 at Heritage Auction Galleries.
It was recovered seven years ago from a site in Argentina.
Owner Darryl Pitt grew up in the Detroit suburb of Southfield
and is now the curator of New York's Macovich Collection of
meteorites.
He first examined the rock shortly after it was discovered and
noticed right away that it resembled his home state - minus the
Upper Peninsula. He said he bought it as a "fun object."
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