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RE: Garza Stone

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A meteorite chunk that crashed into a suburban Chicago home in 2003 is among the items in a natural history auction by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.

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The Garza Stone, a 5-pound piece of a meteorite that famously crashed through the roof of a house in Park Forest, Ill., in 2003, is expected to fetch more than $55,000.

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The 5-pound piece of meteorite, dubbed the "Garza" stone after Noe Garza, whose Park Forest home was struck by the rock, is believed by scientists to have originated as a 10-ton meteorite that hit the atmosphere and broke up before striking the Garza home on the evening of March 26, 2003

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A 5-pound meteorite piece that crashed into a suburban Chicago home in 2003 is going up for auction.
The so-called "Garza Stone" will be auctioned on May 17 by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.

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