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Yukon miner wins $1,000 payout after Geological Survey of Canada fails to return piece of meteorite he discovered

At the conclusion of an epic court battle that featured dramatic claims about a devious geologist, extraterrestrial life, government conspiracy and the black market in space rocks, the Geological Survey of Canada has been ordered to pay Mr. Sabo $1,000 for failing to return a piece it cut off his meteorite for testing - the very piece Mr. Sabo believes contained living organisms.
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Claim of stolen meteorite worth $12 million goes to Yukon Appeal Court

A decade-long court fight over allegations of a stolen meteorite that was growing a life form is now in the hands of the Yukon Court of Appeal.
Daniel Sabo is suing the federal government, staff members with the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), and an RCMP officer claiming the meteorite he found in 1986 was replaced with a replica and he wants $12 million.
Scientists with the GSC concluded the growth on the space rock could be a natural result of oxidation of minerals, a salt-type crystal or a type of lichen.
The Yukon Supreme Court rejected Sabo's claim in a decision last year.
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