[Rockhounds] $25, 000 reward offered by museum for a chunk of the Missouri meteor

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A $25,000 reward is being offered by the Maine Mineral and
Gem Museum for part of a meteorite that was seen streaking past St. Louis
Monday night. The prize goes to the person
<https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reward-issued-for-the-recovery-of-meteorites-from-monday-nights-missouri-fireball-300956847.html>
to
bring in the first piece of the meteorite that weighs at least
one-kilogram. That is just over two pounds of space rock.

The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum <https://mainemineralmuseum.org/> will be
putting it in a place of honor in the museum. The grand opening is on
December 12, 2019.

https://fox2now.com/2019/11/13/25000-reward-offered-by-museum-for-a-chunk-of-the-missouri-meteor/