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Sunday, February 25, 2018

Winslow Meteorite Sells for Record Price

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Winslow Meteorite

     Some people buy diamonds on Valentine’s, and some people buy meteorites. On Feb. 14, someone bought a very special rock. Many people may not know that a meteorite from the meteor that created the famous Meteor Crater natural historic landmark site just west of
By Bob Martinson
The Independent
2-23-18
Winslow was recovered and weighs 70 pounds. The artistic-looking meteor just sold at auction for a whopping $237,500 according to Space.com contributor, Samantha Mathewson in a recent story on the website.

The mostly iron rock was bought at an online auction site.