Biggest half-ton chunk of Russian meteorite lifted from lakebed

[jakeXT]

The largest-discovered fragment of a Russian meteorite, weighing around 570 kilograms, has been lifted from the bed of Lake Chebarkul in the Urals.

The huge meteorite chunk split into three pieces when scientists tried to weigh it. The precise weight could not be established because the heavy object broke the scales.

“The preliminary examination... shows that this is really a fraction of the Chelyabinsk meteorite. It’s got thick burn-off, the rust is clearly seen and it’s got a big number of indents. This chunk is most probably one of the top ten biggest meteorite fragments ever found,” said Sergey Zamozdra, associate professor of Chelyabinsk State University, as cited by Interfax news agency.

Several earlier attempts to raise this massive chunk of meteorite, found by the divers at the beginning of September, failed.





http://rt.com/news/largest-fragment-meteorite-lifted-258/

[Scuba]

1. Don't break it open!

[jakeXT]

2. Just build the temple?

Andrei Breyvichko and followers of the Church of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite pray for the meteorite’s protection on the shore of Chebarkul Lake recently. They would like to see the fragment placed in a specially-built temple.

http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2013/09/19/welcome-to-the-church-of-the-chelyabinsk-meteorite/

[Warpy]

3. Well, the best scams have always been religious ones

You can always count on the superstitious to toss money your way.

[leftyohiolib]

4. isnt there already a relgion based around a meteroritc stone

[dimbear]

5. There's that theory that precious metals, gold, platinum and so on, come from meteorites.

So in a sense, they all are.