Ancient meteorite goes unsold as dung sells

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People are more interested in dung than meteorite! The two chunks of 130-million-year-old coprolite, otherwise known as fossilized dinosaur dung, fetched $960 at Bonhams in New York on Wednesday, the auction house said. The Jurassic-era rocks were sold for more than double their maximum estimate, said spokeswoman Staci Smith. What do you think of that? Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080501/od_nm/dung_dc;_ylt=AnoKu2ytkaXnsHtgrVvWDCntiBIF