Rock used as Michigan barn doorstop for decades identified as valuable space meteorite
- A 10.22-kilogram rock used as a Michigan barn doorstop for decades was identified as a meteorite.
- The space rock was originally recovered from a local farm near Edmore back in 1939.
- Scientists analysed a sliced section at the Smithsonian Institution to determine its composition and internal structure.
- The specimen was officially named Edmore, Michigan and classified as a rare Iron IIIAB meteorite.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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