A TREASURE hunter was on cloud nine when he realised the grubby piece of rock he thought was gold turned out to be far more valuable. David Hole hoped there might be a gold nugget inside the rough brown lump, but his mighty sledgehammer failed to even put a dent in it. Museums VictoriaThe rock (left) turned out to be a meteorite from outer space[/caption] Museums VictoriaGeologists Dermot Henry (left) and Bill Birch holding the rock after examining it[/caption] But he soon realised it was no ordinary piece of rock – it was incredibly dense for its size at almost three stones. It was only years later an expert told him it was actually an incredibly rare 4.6billion
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