Southern Thai man offered 50K for his stone find - but if it's magical it could be worth half a billion!

[webfact]

Sanook Thai Caption: Genuine but not supernatural

 

Sanook reported that a man called Rin, 43, in Khao Din sub-district of Krabi in southern Thailand had found a hollow stone with a black mineral deposit inside. 

 

The 5 kilogram stone was thought to be what experts in the field call a "lek lai".

 

The deposit seemingly can be melted to make jewelry and amulets and is highly prized.

 

Some are considered magical or supernatural and can fetch astronomical sums. 

 

Picture: Sanook

 

Rin was offered 50,000 baht for his specimen after posting it on a site that caters to experts in the field.

 

But he wasn't selling. Another expert suggested it was "lek lai ngok" or germinated iron. 

 

Further match stick checks revealed that it was no longer considered magical as it had been cracked and the magic had kind of fled the scene.

 

A ceremony would have to be performed to reestablish its supernatural properties.

 

Had it not been cracked and had it been magical it would have been worth 500 million baht.

 

Investigations continue into composition of the stone that was yellow on the outside and black within. 

 

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[Geoffggi]

9 minutes ago, webfact said:

A ceremony would have to be performed to reestablish its supernatural properties.

I think this is definitely a scam .................LOL

[Stocky]

It's a goethite geode, here's one that was on sale.

 

[2baht]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Further match stick checks revealed that it was no longer considered magical as it had been cracked and the magic had kind of fled the scene.

Oh damn, I would have made him an offer! ???? Nothing like a magical rock!

[Harveyboy]

4 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

I think this is definitely a scam .................LOL

i can see super glue being bought eh

[khunPer]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Further match stick checks revealed that it was no longer considered magical as it had been cracked and the magic had kind of fled the scene.

That makes sense...

 

5 hours ago, webfact said:

A ceremony would have to be performed to reestablish its supernatural properties.

Can hardly wait to hear about the result...????

[KannikaP]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Had it not been cracked and had it been magical it would have been worth 500 million baht.

If it had not been cracked open, how would they know what was inside?

[tandor]

1 hour ago, Harveyboy said:

i can see super glue being bought eh

...call the palace...they maybe able to put it back together again?

[freedomnow]

I found a pretty rosey red rock on a super steep temple incline

the other day....quite sparkly....it exudes lotto win.

 

Will trade for modern lanna house with pool.

400M2 minimum.

[kidneyw]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Had it not been cracked

Not the only thing that's cracked.

[Thongsaeng]

I still have three, yes they are all cracked open. Tossed all the others,collected over the years.

[hotchilli]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

Had it not been cracked and had it been magical it would have been worth 500 million baht.

Delusional people.

[Grumpy one]

Rin needs to cut back on the magic mushies and return to Earth from planet Zoid 

[brianthainess]

On 9/2/2022 at 9:27 AM, webfact said:

A ceremony would have to be performed to reestablish its supernatural properties.

The Monks will be queuing up at his door.

18 hours ago, KannikaP said:

If it had not been cracked open, how would they know what was inside?

The spirits would tell you isn't that obvious. ????

[steven100]

hahaha .....   he should have taken the 50k  offer ......

it's worth about  $45.00 tops .....