The Last Large Metal Meteorite Found in Spain Is Sold to 'Slices' on the Internet

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The meteorite found in Retuerta del Bullaque (Ciudad Real), one of the only five metallics known in Spain, is sold in foils at fairs and on the internet. The extraterrestrial rock, which according to geologists who have studied it belonged to the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter, can be purchased in pieces for prices ranging from 775 to 2,600 euros. At present, a legal vacuum persists over these findings that scientists have not managed to…