A stone that a homeowner had used for decades as a doorstop turned out to be a massive piece of amber weighing 3.5 kilograms and valued at around €1 million.
In southeastern Romania, a woman unknowingly used the stone as a doorstop for decades, never suspecting that it was one of the largest intact amber pieces in the world. Experts estimate its value at approximately €1 million (over 42 million UAH).
The unusual discovery was made in the village of Colți, a well-known deposit of rumanite—a local type of amber with a reddish hue. Remarkably, the stone even survived several burglaries at the house without being taken.
After the woman’s death, a relative suspected the object’s true value and sold it to the Romanian government. Specialists from Kraków determined that the amber is between 38 and 70 million years old.
Today, the unique specimen is preserved at the Buzău County Museum. The museum’s director, Daniel Costache, described the find as “significant both for science and for the museum field.”
