How many thousand is a meteorite worth?Some treasure hunters claim that the meteorite has been found

"The meteorite I picked up this morning was in Tanghe County, Nanyang City, about 20 kilometers along the Tang River to Biyang County." Pan Jianli, a citizen of Nanyang, Henan Province, told reporters.

In the early morning of November 29, a white light crossed the sky in Zhumadian, Luohe, Nanyang and other places in Henan, bright as day, and it was later confirmed that this was a fire meteor that exploded over southern Henan. Subsequently, "meteorite hunters" from all over the country flocked to Magutian Town, Biyang County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province to search for fallen meteorites.

"Meteorite hunter" Henan treasure hunt A meteorite is worth 200,000 yuan?

On the morning of December 8, the reporter came to Magutian Town, Biyang County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province, and local villagers said that after the appearance of the fire meteor, many outsiders came here to look for meteorites, "There are Zhejiang and Anhui license plates, which block the road." ”

"According to the fall scene of this meteorite filmed on the Internet, it is probably the area of Tanghe County and Biyang County in Henan Province." A "meteorite hunter" from Zhejiang said that the day after the appearance of the fire meteor, he immediately drove to Biyang County to look for meteorites, "I heard that 20,000 people came to look for meteorites, and it seems that none of them found real meteorites." ”

"There are obviously fewer people today, and they can't find it and go back." Villagers in Miaojie, Biyang County, Zhumadian City, told reporters that on weekends, the back mountain was full of people looking for meteorites, and some even took detectors to go into the mountains alone to look for them.

("Meteorite" picked up by meteorite hunters)

Pan Jianli of Nanyang, a "meteorite hunter", said that he may have picked up a real meteorite, "You see that this stone has a black molten shell on the outside, and it is magnetic to attract magnets, and the shape of the stone is tapered and wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, all of which are in line with the characteristics of meteorites." Pan Jianli loves to collect stones on weekdays, and when he heard that a fire meteor fell to Henan, he took leave to look for a meteorite where the fire meteor might fall, and for this "meteorite" he just picked up, he said that if it is true, the market price will be about 200,000 yuan, or even higher.

What is the probability of finding a meteorite?

"According to NASA data, the fire meteor in Henan is equivalent to the explosion equivalent of 1.3 million tons of TNT explosives, in fact, this energy is relatively small, so the volume of the falling meteorite should not be large."

According to the video of the day, the fire meteor disappeared when it was about to reach the ground, and it was possible to fall a meteorite, but its fall place would be within more than 100 kilometers of the fire meteor's flashing place, so the probability of finding a meteorite was very low.

Li Wen introduced that now many scientists around the world are looking for meteorites, because meteorites have high research value and can get a lot of information about the universe, "but there are many fake meteorites on the market, and some institutions cheat money under the banner of identifying meteorites, and issue certificates of real meteorites to ordinary stones, saying that they may be worth 100,000, 200,000 or even more." ”

Li Lei, director of the Nanjing Astronomy Enthusiasts Association, saw the photo of the "meteorite" picked up by the "meteorite hunter" Pan Jianli provided by the reporter and said that this is not a real meteorite, "The molten shell of a fresh meteorite will not be so bright, not that the shape is conical and magnetic is a meteorite, at present, 90% of the market is a 'fake meteorite'." Li Lei also said that the falling meteorite will form several individuals of different sizes after the air explosion, and the largest should not exceed the size of an apple.

Who should own the found meteorite?

Fu Jian, a lawyer at Henan Yulong Law Firm, believes that the law clearly stipulates that "buried objects or hidden objects found in China belong to the state and need to be handed over to the state", obviously meteorites are not buried or hidden objects, and the ownership of meteorites has not been clearly stipulated in China.

"Real meteorites are calculated in grams, such as variety, rarity, freshness, humanistic factors, etc., and the cheapest meteorites are only a few yuan a gram, and there is no upper limit on the expensive ones." Li Lei, director of the Nanjing Astronomy Enthusiasts Association, said that if you want to detect and identify meteorites, you can contact the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and send sample photos and descriptions directly to the Purple Mountain Observatory email.