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Aussie man thought he found gold but it was something rarer

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57% Informative

A metal-detecting enthusiast was surprised to learn that the rock he uncovered and believed to be gold was actually from space.

Dave Hole was convinced that his find — dense for its size at nearly 40 pounds — must have contained a nugget of the precious metal.

He took the rock to Melbourne Museum for analysis, and it became clear that this was no ordinary Earthly object.

VR Score

51

Informative language

47

Neutral language

10

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

39

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offensive

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not hateful

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Time-value

short-lived

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1

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