Michigan farm used this 10.22-kg rock as a doorstop for decades. It was a meteorite

A 10.22-kg rock used as a barn doorstop on a Michigan farm for decades has been confirmed as an iron meteorite from the IIIAB ...

A 10.22-kg rock used as a Michigan barn doorstop was identified as a new iron meteorite

In 1939, a meteorite was unearthed on a Michigan farm and innocently pressed into service as a doorstop for many years. It ...
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They used a rock to keep a door shut for decades — it turned out to be a 10-kilogram meteorite

For decades, a heavy rock had a everyday function on a farm in Michigan, United States: keeping a barn door shut. However, years later, scientists determined that the object had a much more ...

Found in 1939, used as a doorstop for decades: Michigan rock identified as meteorite

The specimen came under closer scrutiny after another meteorite fell near Hamburg, Michigan, in January 2018.
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Rock used as a doorstop for decades turns out to be a 22-pound iron meteorite

For decades, a heavy rock had a simple job on a Michigan farm: keeping a barn door open. Its real story was far more ...