PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Paul Albertson of the southern Oregon town of Lakeview first picked up the small chunk of metal 30 years ago while rock hunting. He took it to a local rock shop and was told it was worthless nickel ore. So he tossed it into a coffee can, where it remained with some arrowheads for the next three decades.
Now he’s learned it’s actually a thumb-size meteorite that’s generating interest from scientists around the world.
Dick Pugh of the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory at Portland State University says it’s a “small, iron meteorite, and it’s one of the rare types of iron.”
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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
