“It
was sitting there at my toes like an Easter egg.”
Brenda Salveson,
Resident of Lotus, California
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| Photo by Kenneth Lu (Creative Commons) |
Falling
stars and wishful thinking have made Lotus, California (population 330) a hot
spot for treasure hunters these days.
After
a meteor shower rained down on the small town last month, thousands have come seeking
their fortune, hoping to scoop up a bit of celestial bounty. But not Brenda
Salveson, local resident and mom. She’s been happy to stick to her old routine,
like walking the family dog in the park.
That’s
where Ms. Salveson stumbled upon an odd-looking rock. Stooping down to take a
closer look, she wondered, “Could this be . . . ?”
It
was. Scientists confirmed that Ms. Salveson’s odd rock is actually a 17-gram
piece of meteorite 4 to 6 billion years old—that’s “billion” with a B, older
than our sun. They say the rock could be worth $20,000.
Ms.
Salveson is pleased with her new find and thanking her lucky stars she stuck to
her old routine and walked the dog in the park that day.
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