A photo showing a piece of the 1,003-kilogram meteorite that was discovered near Fukang, a city in China, has gone viral.
The meteorite was discovered in 2000 in the mountains close to the Gobi Desert.
“Originally weighing 1003 kg, the specimen has been whittled away as it is so rare and significant and beautiful that small pieces fetch between US$30 and US$50 per gram on the open market,” says a report in 2008 from Gizmag.com.
The meteorite is of the pallasite group, according to The Meteoritical Society.
