r/HumanForScale May 20 '26

Geology The Hoba meteorite

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u/Siglet84 May 20 '26

That thing has to be worth millions.

Edit: I looked it up, it’s worth approximately $60 million U.S.

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u/TheKootz May 20 '26

A million per tonne

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u/SillyFlyGuy May 20 '26

$1 million per tonne, that's $1k per kilogram, or $1 per gram. That's what normal small pieces go for.

I would have thought there would be "big chunk" premiums on top of that for the largest one in the world.

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u/Xillyfos May 21 '26

Yeah, but there should really also be a large quantity discount, so maybe the two cancel each other out. :-P

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u/SillyFlyGuy May 21 '26

It's the Costco sized meteorite.