A RUSSIAN woman has hit the jackpot after a mysterious green meteorite pierced the roof of her home.
The stunned homeowner, from Okulovka, in the Novgorod Region in Russia, spotted the damage after reading coverage about the fireball blazing over Moscow on October 27.
The mysterious green fireball was spotted soaring over Moscow on October 27Credit: newsX
The chunk of meteorite that crashed through the roof of the house near Yaroslavl, RussiaCredit: newsX/NF
Upon inspection of her property, she found what looked like a lump of grey cement sitting in the smashed remains of her roofing.
She later put the fragments up for sale and scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Geochemistry Institute were quick to snap them up for an undisclosed sum.
Experts confirmed that the object was a stony meteorite known as a chondrite.
According to the researchers, the object acquired the shiny green glow as it burned up upon entering the atmosphere.
They added that the sample contained iron and nickel-bearing particles, which is consistent with ordinary chondrites.
In a statement released on November 15, they said: “It was confirmed that it was indeed a meteorite,
“And due to the uniqueness of the event, a coordinated decision was made to remove the damaged section of the roof so that it could later be displayed in an exhibition.
Details of the meteorite fall and search efforts will be presented at the academy on Thursday at 3pm.
Researchers say the meteorite was already cracked, possibly due to an earlier collision on its parent asteroid, which may explain why it broke apart in the atmosphere.
Searches for additional fragments are ongoing in several regions with multiple teams scrambling together to plot its fall.
Experts have urged residents to inspect roofs, gardens and fields and said any suspected fragments should be checked with specialists.
The spectacle isn’t the first of its kind this year.
Another meteorite chunk crashed into a home in Georgia, USA, in late June.
Video showed a massive fireball flying through the cloudless sky in multiple Southeastern states.
Pictures showed a tiny hole in the roof of the house and debris on the floor where the possible meteorite landed.
More than 100 people reported seeing it to the American Meteor Society, according to the organization’s website .
After the streak was spotted by people in South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee, the fireball appeared to enter the atmosphere over central South Carolina.
And last month, lucky stargazers reported seeing.
Others claimed to have seen the unusual sighting from Wimbledon and Hampstead Heath, and some even caught a glimpse as far afield as Brighton and Grantham.
The meteors, which are sometimes referred to as shooting stars, will appear as streaks of light in the evening sky.
Meteor showers occur when the passes through the debris of a comet or an asteroid.
