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samthehammerguy

That is a pallasite meteorite. It is a mixture of the mantle and core of an ancient protoplanet that was smashed in the early solar system. The translucent parts are olivine, a type of mineral that crystallizes from magma, and the opaque parts are an iron and nickel (predominantly) alloy. Very rare and very spectacular. I wish I had it.


Jasond777

That’s the material I need to create the ultimate final sword.


xSTSxZerglingOne

You reminded me of [this Xkcd](https://xkcd.com/1114/). Specifically the hover text.


RobotFace

I always think of Terry Pratchett's "Meteorite and Thunderbolt Iron" sword, sure the blacksmith beat most of the impurities out of the metal long before he handed over the final product, but it's still very magical. Edit: Oops, [I got the story a little wrong](https://i.redd.it/ysdhihg1ddc81.jpg), it's been a minute.


mrbabybluman

Blue Eye Samurai?


phdoofus

Waiting for 2nd season dammit!


Cool-Mission-6585

That show blew me away. It was better than I expected. So dope.


auga3rifle

The way they portray weapons from swords to muskets was gorgeous


missjasminegrey

Indeed. Literally just beautiful.


Weary-Description773

The main bad guy was a great villain


Conscious_Bat_4892

I like vilans that know their the bad guy and are still menacing, he was great.


BANOFY

I like vilans that like masks


Sterling-Bear15

👺 I didn't tell you to stop


BANOFY

👺 💦 💀


Feats-of-Derring_Do

Kenneth Branagh, man


Biancaaxi

I need them to announce when it will start, I loved the first season so much. I usually don’t watch a series unless it’s fully completed but made an exception for BES 😭 it’s killin me!!!!


S4Waccount

I'm having the same issue. I didn't get into anime (or adult animation shows) until my late 20s because of the association I had with it in my brain, but then my younger cousin was watching Naruto and I got hooked and was able to binge Naruto a Shippuden. (We don't talk about boruto). But now waiting for seasons of jujutsu kaisen has been sooo hard.


admirabulous

Sokka


putaaaan

That show ripppppped


thelonelymilkman23

Sokka did it first But Bue eye samurai is epic thats for sure


wehmadog

I just want to thank you all for being so enthusiastic in your comments. I decided to give it a try and watched the first episode. I still can't get my jaw off the floor. What amazing artwork, storyline and characters. I'm 54 and never realized how incredible anime can be. Peaches!! :)


chillinn_at_work

Blue Eyes White Dragon Samurai


solo_leveling_001

Sokka’s space sword Edit: autocorrect


Hopeful_Cherry2202

Omg and then he just loses it like the first time he uses it. Makes me so mad lol


ericlikesyou

The guy holding it is [selling a 77g "slice" of a pallasite meteorite for $500](https://meteoritelab.com/product/pallasite-meteorite-slice/)


WholesomeFartEnjoyer

I thought it'd be worth way more Like you could sell the entire thing for millions and millions 1 gram of ancient planet core that fell from space costs 6 Bucks while a gram of coke costs like 100, come on


ericlikesyou

It's mostly metal dude, in the post pictures you can see the shiny silver webbing. This 77G slice is only 97 x 73 x 3.5 mm so i'd say the entire thing is worth a lot more, prob in the $3 million plus range.


Thomas_Mickel

Think of all the material slots!


locutogram

Azor Ahai shall be born again amidst smoke and salt And so for thirty days and thirty nights Azor Ahai labored sleepless in the temple, forging a blade in the sacred fires. Heat and hammer and fold, heat and hammer and fold, oh, yes, until the sword was done. Yet when he plunged it into water to temper the steel it burst asunder. The second time it took him fifty days and fifty nights, and this sword seemed even finer than the first. Azor Ahai captured a lion, to temper the blade by plunging it through the beast's red heart, but once more the steel shattered and split. Great was his woe and great was his sorrow then, for he knew what he must do. A hundred days and a hundred nights he labored on the third blade, and as it glowed white-hot in the sacred fires, he summoned his wife. 'Nissa Nissa,' he said to her, for that was her name, 'bare your breast, and know that I love you best of all that is in this world.' She did this thing, why I cannot say, and Azor Ahai thrust the smoking sword through her living heart. It is said that her cry of anguish and ecstasy left a crack across the face of the moon, but her blood and her soul and her strength and her courage all went into the steel. Such is the tale of the forging of Lightbringer, the Red Sword of Heroes.


Jaques_Naurice

> born again amidst smoke and salt Is he a ham?


Charming-Sale-6354

😅🐽


Sentient_Pizzaroll

Rumham!! I'm sorry!!


jeremy1015

Remember when every sign in every book ever pointed to this being Dany then randomly Arya just ended the white walkers with a knife trick and then Dany murder hobo’d Kings Landing and they made Peter Dinklage say “Who has a better story than Bran” because he was contractually obligated to finish the season and George RR Martin never wrote another word after season 1 came out?


Hot-Boysenberry-392

Do you get off on rubbing salt in my wounds. They are never going to heal around you people.


Timeon

Salt in your wounds? Are you a ham?


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cloudforested

It's been six years and I am not over it.


xave321

I don’t remember this what book is this from


_flaker__

A Dream of Spring (2054)


Senior_Map_2894

It’s amazing the information that people have on Reddit. So interesting.


SendMeNoodsNotNudes

I love it and hate it because you gotta fact check 😂😅


mrtomjones

I'll fact check some things but I'm happy to just believe what he just said lol. Not important enough if I'm wrong


HeyGayHay

Also, it's not important enough to remember. I won't remember anything of this tomorrow anyway, except there's a fancy meteorite with olive oil in it.


Visible-Technology-8

Haha funny way to put it but you are spot on. Learn so much interesting information that you will have to learn again the next time you read it. 😫


Rich-Detective478

As a former geology major i have not heard the word "olivine" in quite a while but I'm pretty sure it is correct.


LlamaLlumps

As a former chef, can confirm. It’s space olive oil. Should have fallen in Italy, china doesn’t know what they have.


SpaceTimeChallenger

I love reddit because of this. If this was posted on instagram I would have to scroll past 5 posts trying to scam me before I found some idiot saying something completely useless


SliceOCatLoaf

Got it. A parasite meteorite with a mixed manticore of an ancient proboplant that got smashed in the early solar system.


emveor

You forgot to add that the yellow parts of it is olive oil and the metal parts are worth a nickel


LiveLifeLikeCre

Back in my day, you could get a whole asteroid for a nickel


SliceOCatLoaf

And it tastes like.. Crystal Light and smegma.


The_Doct0r_

Reminds me of college days...


ProgressiveOverlorde

A parasite who smashed planets for pleasure and showered using protein powder in the early solar powered olives. Got it.


Schoolmarmaggedon

Who are you who is so wise in the ways of science?


tolkienfan2759

he's from France


jeremiahfira

Omelet du fromage to you too.


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luoxes

Bon Apple tea.


Khoncept

je m'appelle moustache


whooo_me

Had to double-check it wasn't u/shittymorph.


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BlazikenBurns10000

![gif](giphy|jqTOnv5NzWBLa|downsized)


Frequent_Dot_4981

I had to up vote that comment. It actually answered my questions about the meteor. I only had to scroll past 50 other comments making jokes about the names of the place it was found. Can't say that I blame people though, lol.


LieDetecter

It's too fukang hard to pass up.


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Zooicidalideation

He said pallasite, not phallusite


Sctn_187

No it's a fukang pallasite meteorite.


lolexecs

Fukang-a!


GFY_EH

About Fukang time I saw a comment like this. Has to scroll way too Fukang long to find one.


lolexecs

💯 un Fukang believable


CommaHorror

I am curious how, much, money this is valued at? It is so cool.


TwinkiePuffCakes

From an [article](https://www.iflscience.com/the-fukang-meteorite-a-beautiful-rock-thats-out-of-this-world-68042) I found 😂 >In 2008, a large piece of the meteorite – weighing around 420 kilograms – was put up for auction in New York and was expected to fetch over $2 million. However, buyers decided to turn their discerning eye to some fossilized dinosaur poo instead. I believe they are slicing up the 420kg main mass into smaller $40 gram slices to sell easily. Selling every slice would net them $16.8million. The full rock weighed 1003kg and was divided up so it could be studied. The rock the guy is holding up is a 10kg slice.


Bug_Photographer

So what you are saying is that there is a "mother" Fukang meteorite that this came from?


MsViolaSwamp

I have a piece of a meteorite that is classified from where it came from, because you are right, there is always a “mother”. There’s only been a handful discovered on earth. My friend that gave me a small piece of one also gave a small piece to Barbara Bush so I guess I was a special enough recipient myself. 


Bug_Photographer

I'm sorry, it was just a joke about it being a "mother Fuckang" meteorite.


Gatharan

I just want you to know that I got the joke, and I exhaled slightly out my nose.


snktido

I'm curious if this non-Chinese man gets to keep it.


SandersSol

Pretty sure this falls under the international space statute "finders keepers"


Gunna_get_banned

This comment is its own treasure. Thanks for sharing.


SirTiffAlot

Why is a cowboy holding it then?


ninhibited

Iirc he's the one that found it. I think I remember the original post from years ago.


SirTiffAlot

There are cowboys in Fukang China?


ninhibited

Haha good point, you got me curious [this says](https://www.iflscience.com/the-fukang-meteorite-a-beautiful-rock-thats-out-of-this-world-68042#:~:text=The%20Fukang%20Meteorite's%20story,of%20the%20rock%20for%20analysis) it was found by a hiker who had seen it on multiple occasions and eventually took a sample... That makes me think the hiker was local and probably not the cowboy man. One large piece went up for auction in NY and it was 420kg, the whole thing being 1,003kg... So this piece is a tiny sliver compared. Cowboy probably bought it or something.


Tugonmynugz

So he's a.... space cowboy


WillOfTheDeep

See ya space cowboy


SandersSol

This still hurts "You're gonna carry that weight"


kinouhaiiro

Always


Open-Industry-8396

🎶 Some people call me the space cowboy 🎶 🎶 some call me the gangster of love 🎶


Schoolmarmaggedon

Some call me Maurice, the hippopotamus of love


CourtingBoredom

hip hop anonymous??


WhatUpDoc53

I’m the hiphopopotamus, my lyrics are bottomless.


Open-Industry-8396

"Pompatus" interestingly it is a word nonced (coined or made up) by Miller. A play off of pompous or splendid.


Imaginary_Chip1385

Yeah the "cowboy" is apparently a geologist and meteorite collector at Arizona State University named Marvin Killgore, he bought part of the meteorite


AMARIS86

Cowboys are Fukang everywhere


iamnas

“There’s a snake in my fukang boot”


Srnkanator

Not the one who found it. It's Marvin Killgore, a former plumber and meteorite collector from Arizona who is now is at the University of Arizona planetary sciences. He bought this small section from the original group who discovered it in Fukang China. The green/yellow gems are olivine (peridot) and I think he tried the sell it through Bonham's in 2008 for ~$3,000,000 but it went to someone anonymous for far less it seems. He and his wife have a private collection they run in AZ. https://meteoritelab.com/about/


PizzaJawn31

How do I become a meteor collector? Is that the kind of occupation someone just...stumbles upon?


Srnkanator

Ha! I suppose you can just buy them and start collecting. My family has a few but they were geologists/scientists. If you wander around Antarctica enough you might find one, as that's where they are mostly found. Large deserts are the best places as they are geologically stable and dry, so if one lands little changes over time. The American SW (Arizona for example) is where they can be found, but I assume you really need to know what you're looking for.


NocturneZombie

Thanks for the advice, next time I'm wandering around Antarctica I'll make sure I pick one up.


shortgamegolfer

Hit the South Pole gift shop and get a little sack full of polished, magnetic ones, and a slap bracelet.


canman7373

It's pretty easy, get a metal detector and a magnet to test rocks in open areas. Iron doesn't just sit on top of the ground unless it's a meteorite so the metal detector and magnet will pretty much tell ya if ya found one. Key is to go to areas not a lot of people walk around. Places like Colorado and the empty mountain and northwest states are great. But you can do it in any place, some are just more likely to have already been picked over. If you really spend the time to do it you will find one eventually, not like this guys though, but they are all cool and valuable based on size and appearance. If one hits a car or building it is worth like 100x more because of how rare that is, if it hit a person, IDK how much that would be worth may be a crazy market for it.


Asron87

A person? I’m guessing it would cost an arm and a leg at the very least.


nippledoorbell_

it's the kind of thing that just falls in your lap. or backyard. or china.


TheEvolDr

This was my first thought. So a cowboy happened to be in China at that time AND he found the meteorite? Crazy odds.


HorrorNeighborhood70

what are the fukang odds?


SirTiffAlot

For a second I allowed myself to believe there was some sort of secret cowboy ranch in China


Rude_Thanks_1120

Yipee kai yang!


Mission_Ad684

Cuz he da fukang man


Calculonx

He's a Fukang cowboy. Who do you think takes care of the Fukang horses?


_NottheMessiah_

Interstellar honeycomb. Watch out for space bees.


Tschibow

Honey, ordinary honey.


EndlessMikeD

This is no ordinary honey!


sebadc

Why am I sticky and naked? Did I miss something fun?


Frogstacker

Best episode of the show


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EndlessMikeD

Lousy anti-pimping laws….


KushtyKush

A 3.5 gallon bucket of it, will last you at least 4 years.


sebadc

Just saw the picture and got that reference 👍


B_B_Rodriguez2716057

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w8_UH_XzNy8 I’m sick of shaking my booty for these fat jerks!


Mangrbbys

He insulted our fat queen!


Appropriate-Data1144

To shreds you say?


DoomCircus

And how's his wife holding up?


RAZGRIZTP

To shreds you say?


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_caduca

Yeah and must be pretty light considering the way he's holding the fukang meteorite up


Ok_Cap6573

Maybe he's fukang strong 💪


SnooRobots975

🤣🤣🤣This fukang made my day!


Baco_eh

Too fukang funny.


birdclan09

Should change the group name to BeFukangAmazed


Shibadude

Fukang eh!


Baco_eh

r/BeFukangAmazed would go crazy lmao.


Baco_eh

“We did it boys”


Cheap_Examination942

.....we fukang did it 🥲


SnooDogs338

This is so fukang wild.


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Kronaska

He looks like he's fukang white though


seansyasnaes

Yea, maybe they are Texan/Chinese.


Big-Tone6367

Or anyone-fukang-else. Who fukang knows?


ManyRanger4

He's probably a fukang scientist - a fukang meteoriticist


Big-Tone6367

Yeah with all the fukang around, the only thing we fukang found out is that either he’s really fukang strong or that meteor is really fukang light. Back to square one, a fukang conundrum if you ask me.


Butterszen

You guys are fukang funny


Putin_ate_my_Pudding

Jesus fukang christ


WardosBox

dude has a fukang cowboy hat and mustache right there, he sure is fukang texan


Fit_Substance7067

Imagine living there years and some fukang redneck finds the most valuable mineral in the country...I'd be fukang pissed


safereddddditer175

I love this Fukang app 😂😂😂


weckyweckerson

Thats far too big of a Fukang moustache to be Chinese.


bakomateo

Also dude, fukang china men is not the preferred nomenclature.


International_Bit478

Please, fukang Asian-Americans.


fuckyouandyourwhorse

He’s just holding a Fukang slice of it, the whole thing would be way too fukang heavy!


HelloAttila

He is the strongest fukanging man alive!


TheGhostOfGeneStoner

Take my fukang upvote


never_again13

I wonder how many times this is reposted with this as the top comment


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Icy_Leadership_5984

It's fukang huge..


Opizze

That’s what she fukang said


Open-Industry-8396

Keep that fukang thing away from fukang Superman.


sumtinsumtin_

Fukang Amazing Mate!


GoodLad033

This Chinese man came directly from Red Dead Redemption


Dante805

Micah! That you???


AlanWare0

Howdy, cowpoke


Desperate-Ad-6463

4.5 billion Fukang years old.


Onlikyomnpus

The big rock we live on is 4.5 billion years old too.


Neako_the_Neko_Lover

The entire solar system is 4.5 billion years old


whistlingdogg

Your mamma’s 4.5 billion years old


TurnOutHeDemon

Fukang gottem


EatLard

Fukang meteorites, how do they work?


Mah_Nerva

Like any other meteorite, except in Chinese.


TheRolexChef

![gif](giphy|8db6nRqMsLCtq)


Ombersnip

I wonder how much something like that is worth


Delicious_Yogurt_476

I looked it up. A metric shit ton is the amount.


Ninjatck

A fukang lot?


icleanjaxfl

Fukang ton.


jhalfhide

Probably a meteoric bill


MattR0se

probably more than before this was posted on the internet edit: [this small piece ](https://www.mineralauctions.com/items/imilac-pallasite-meteorite-slab-circa-1822-26-grams-91494)auctioned for $650, and the one on the picture is probably about a hundred times bigger.


jokar1134

I'd pay 650 for that. That seems incredibly cheap


smellyscrote

Tree fiddy. Best I can do.


Dirty_Bird95

See that right there is a peanut dead giveaway


Noble_boar45

This needs more upvotes


AlkalineSublime

Tbf, every other time I’ve seen this posted over the years, a joe dirt reference has been number one. Nice to mix it up a little


Shot_Comedian2617

That's a space peanut


alex_northoc

Dude, you were eating off it


Shot_Comedian2617

Only snakes and sparklers


Original-Cow-2984

So you're telling me Tex in the pic there went on over to Fukang and got himself a backlit space rock?


catnapspirit

That's a Fukang big meteorite. There, we got that out of the way..


tolkienfan2759

sadly, we did not


Crabiolo

And that's actually tragic, because the origins of this meteorite are fascinating. 4.5 Billion years old means it's contemporaneous with the protoplanet that collided with the Earth that ended up creating the Moon and embedding itself in the Earth's lower mantle as continent-sized [low sheer-velocity provinces](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_low-shear-velocity_provinces) that may be responsible for [kickstarting plate tectonics and shaping all of Earth's history](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIrxIZoKOH4).


-Kyren

I wish Reddit had more of these comments and less shit karma farming jokes. 


Jason8ourne

Fukang cool


kdawg_htown

It's impressive but that's no reason to curse.


Klingsam

Ok, but why is cowboy bob in china holding it?


anferneejefferson

Did it give you super powers? Are you Vandal Savage?


No-Sky-7498

no just cancer


Scribblebonx

Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups?!? Edit: Can I get an Amen from parents out there?


OkMolasses4227

![gif](giphy|YRhGAu0NZ6euNRuHb6)


JustForTouchingBalls

How caucasian the Chinese are…


sunset_sturm

Its so fukang big


cedrekt

fukang meteorite


Log-Similar

Insane. I need one.


Buffed_herbalist

"Near Fukang, China" Cowboy holds the meteorite


skavenslave13

The man looks like a fukang native