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Rock Used as a Doorstop For Decades Found to Be Worth Over $1 Million [View all]
Rock Used as a Doorstop For Decades Found to Be Worth Over $1 Million
NATURE
01 April 2025
By MICHELLE STARR
The 3.5-kilogram amber nugget is the biggest piece of rumanite ever found. (Buzău County Museum)
They say one person's trash is another's treasure, but a chunk of 'rock' used to keep a door open for decades is a treasure by pretty much anybody's standard.
The 3.5-kilogram (7.7-pound) stone was found in a stream bed in southeast Romania by an elderly woman, who brought it home and put it to use.
Her discovery turned out to be one of the biggest intact chunks of amber in the world, according to a report by El Pais. Its value? Somewhere in the region of €1 million – around $US1.1 million.
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NATURE
01 April 2025
By MICHELLE STARR
The 3.5-kilogram amber nugget is the biggest piece of rumanite ever found. (Buzău County Museum)
They say one person's trash is another's treasure, but a chunk of 'rock' used to keep a door open for decades is a treasure by pretty much anybody's standard.
The 3.5-kilogram (7.7-pound) stone was found in a stream bed in southeast Romania by an elderly woman, who brought it home and put it to use.
Her discovery turned out to be one of the biggest intact chunks of amber in the world, according to a report by El Pais. Its value? Somewhere in the region of €1 million – around $US1.1 million.
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