This rock looks pretty wild and that’s why one elderly Romanian woman grabbed it out of a river and took it home, using it as a doorstop for years. However, this isn’t actually a stone at all.
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00:00This rock looks pretty cool, and that's why one elderly Romanian woman grabbed it out
00:07of a river and took it home, using it as a doorstop for years.
00:11However, this isn't actually a stone at all.
00:13It is ancient amber that is millions of years old and worth more than a million dollars.
00:17The whole thing weighs 7.7 pounds, and experts say it's the largest intact piece of amber
00:22in the world.
00:23Amber was once resin from a tree, which fossilized over time into a rock-hard material.
00:28Amber is often considered a gemstone, despite not mineralizing in the conventional fashion.
00:33This piece in particular is believed to be between 38 and 70 million years old.
00:38It was discovered in the village of Kolti, a place where amber has been mined since the
00:421920s.
00:43While this massive chunk of amber is now in a museum, experts say it's worth around 1.1
00:47million dollars.
00:48And this isn't the only doorstop rock that ended up being more than meets the eye.
00:52Back in 2018, a man in Michigan was using a large stone to prop open the door to his
00:56barn.
00:57It ended up being a meteorite, which ended up being worth $100,000.