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Man sells Meteorite That Crashed Through His Roof For Over $1 million
By Ben Hooper
Nov. 18 (UPI) -
- An Indonesian man turned an unusual bit of property damage into a fortune when he sold the meteorite that crashed through his roof for over $1 million.
Josua Hutagalung, 33, said he was work- ing outside his home in Sumatra when the mete- orite crashed through the roof of the house and landed outside.
"When I lifted it,
the stone was still warm, and I brought it into the house," Hutagalung told news outlet Kompas.
Hutagalung post- ed a video to Facebook show- ing the spot where the metal- lic object had crashed through his tin roof.
The 4.5-pound chunk of CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite, a rare variety of mete- orite, was valued at $1,858,556 by experts and attracted the
attention of U.S. expert Jared Collins, who pur- chased the mete- orite and resold it to fellow U.S. col- lector Jay Piatek.
Hutagalung did not disclose the amount that he was paid for the meteorite, but he indicated it was over $1 mil- lion. He said the money will allow his family to expand and he also plans to donate some toward the build- ing of a local church.
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