Riches from outer space lure meteor hunters to the Sahara Desert

Morocco now produces more meteorite discoveries than anywhere on Earth, with some Martian and lunar fragments selling for millions of dollars.
Albany Democrat-Herald

This Doorstop Turned Out To Be A Meteorite Worth $100K

A 22-pound rock that has been propping open a door in Michigan for decades turns out to be a meteorite valued at $100,000, according to Central Michigan University. Mona Sirbescu, a CMU geology ...
Scientific American

How a Space Rock Became a Scientific Breakthrough—And a Black Market Commodity

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. For generations a massive iron meteorite sat in the Somali desert, becoming a landmark where children played and ...