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This picture taken on Sept 19 Cheap Mens Under Armour Scorpio Black Red , 2014 shows Tong Xianping holding a piece of meteorite at his showroom in Urumqi, in China's far-western Xinjiang region. [PhotoAgencies]
Extravagant purchases have raised veteran collectors' fear of forgeries
One small check to a businessman, one giant leap for a meteorite: After journeys of millions of kilometers, rocks formed from the primordial soup of the solar system have landed on the walls of a Chinese showroom.
For some of China's wealthy, the terrestrial trappings of fast cars, designer bags and deluxe apartments are worthless compared with bounty from outer space.
Tong Xianping is among the Chinese entrepreneurs paying astronomical prices and making an impact in one of the world's more arcane markets.
He spent 1 million yuan ($163,000) on a chunk of the iron-packed Seymchan Mens Under Armour Scorpio White Blue Retail Price , pieces of which were first found in a Russian riverbed in 1967 and are believed to be billions of years old.
"It was worth it," said Tong, 50, admiring the 176-kilogram mass, which calls to mind an inflated lump of coal. "They are news from space."
Tong keeps dozens of specimens under spotlights at his exhibition space in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
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From a safe, he pulled out carbonaceous chondrites he scooped from the sands himself - ancient chunks resembling the nebula that produced the planets of the solar system.
"These are very complete fragments, and hard to find," he said.
Flashy purchases have made China's newly wealthy a subject of envy and ridicule.
This picture taken on Sept 19, 2014 shows Tong Xianping pointing to a chunk of meteorite at his showroom in Urumqi, in China's far-western Xinjiang region. [PhotoAgencies]
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In close orbit of the safe lounged two fellow collectors, sipping a luxury brand of green tea.
"If there are good meteorites, rare ones, I'm willing to spend a lot," said one of the pair, an executive surnamed Liu whose firm has won construction contracts on Urumqi's first subway line.
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FEARS OF FAKES
Scholars study the rocks for clues to the origins of the solar system, and some believe they seeded Earth with organic molecules that enabled life to form.
Tong's own passion for interplanetary matter is facilitated by a global market with roots in remote deserts and polar regions, where the fallen extraterrestrial bodies are most easily spotted.
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Finders depend on academics to accredit the specimens so that they have value on the market, while at the same time the scientists keep a chunk for themselves, she added. But the wave of Chinese buyers has sent prices skyward and raised fears of forgeries among some veteran collectors.
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"It's led to an increase in fakes," he added.
Mick Fanning of Australia is seen shortly before being attacked by a shark during the finals of the J-Bay Open in Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa, in this July 19, 2015 handout courtesy of World Surf League. [PhotoAgencies]
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