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Meteorite collector Tim Heitz shows a picture of the meteorite on his computer, in Fenton, Mo., Wednesday afternoon Jan. 11, 2012, that he owned briefly before he found out it was stolen from the University of New Mexico. The Meteorite Museum at UNM flew an employee to retrieve the nearly 21-pound chunk of space _ and lug it through security. School police believe someone stole the meteorite from the display case and walked out the front door. Investigators have a suspect but no one has been arrested. AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, J.B. Forbes.
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ALBUQUERQUE (AP).- A meteorite that landed in Russia in the 1940s and was recently stolen from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque has been located.
KRQE-TV reports (http://bit.ly/zE9stH ) authorities found the rock after a man in Missouri bought it for $1,700. It's worth between $20,000 to $40,000.
The Meteorite Museum at UNM flew an employee to retrieve the nearly 21-pound chunk of space — and lug it through security.
School police believe someone stole the meteorite from the display case and walked out the front door. Investigators have a suspect but no one has been arrested.
The meteorite was once part of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and crashed in Siberia. It was a gift from a Soviet scientist.
The Meteorite Museum is closed for a security review.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
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