Santa Filomena.: Meteorites keep falling on the earth, there is nothing special about it . Although the story is different for Brazilian village of Santa Philomena. The 19th August meteorite shower is the most expensive shower. People here consider meteorites showers as a gift from aliens. Scientists have researched and claimed each piece of meteorite is worth millions. The price of the largest piece is being estimated at over 19 lakh rupees.
People have been calling it a rain of money.They have collected and kept these stones. Scientists have examined the stones, it was found that they are rare. If the scientist asked for stones from the people, then they are asking for a price instead. People in the village have earned lakhs of rupees as well.
The cost of the largest piece weighing 40 kilograms is 26 thousand dollars i.e 19 lakh rupees. It is being told that more than 200 pieces have fallen in Santa Philomena, small and big. These fragments belong to the time of the formation of the solar system. By examining these fragments, many mysteries of the universe can be uncovered.
Scientists said that there are only 1 percent meteorites which are sold in lakhs of rupees. The people of this Brazilian village are very poor. Whoever got these stones has become rich overnight. The 20-year-old student, Edimar da Costa Rodrigues, said that the whole sky was filled with smoke that day, then I got the message that stones are falling from the sky.
It is believed that these meteor bodies are about 4.6 billion years old. These are very rare meteor bodies. They cost thousands of pounds. Gabriel Silva of the Chemistry Institute at Sao Paulo University said that this meteorite is probably one of the first minerals from which this solar system is made.
A villager earned Rs 14.63 lakh by selling 2.8 kg stone. Rodrigues said that 90 percent of the population of this village does farming. There are not many shops here. It has rained to give relief to the people