45. Find a $4 Million Chunk Of Quartz in Arkansas
Location: Coleman Mine, Arkansas
Year 2016 Discovered
Est. Value: $4 million*
The Smithsonian Museum has an eight thousand-pound slab of quartz. The Berns Quartz is a unique stone that was found in an Arkansas mine in 2016. It now welcomes visitors to the Smithsonian Museum as part of its National Gem and Minerals Collection.
A clear quartz cluster of this size is worth millions. The cluster formed when the Ouachita mountains began to erode, exposing Berns Quartz and other deep-buried crystal veins within the Arkansas Mountain range.
46. Stonehenge-like structure discovered at the bottom of Lake Michigan
Location : Lake Michigan in the USA
Year 2017 Discovered
Est. Value: N/A
Archaeologists discovered something unsettling and cool while looking beneath the water of Lake Michigan. Scientists used remote sensors to find a Stonehenge structure 40 feet beneath the surface of Grand Traverse Bay.
Stonehenge has been the subject of many documentaries on The History Channel. However, no one knows how it was constructed. The discovery of a similar structure under the waters in Lake Michigan adds to the mystery. The scientist discovered not only this amazing discovery, but also a Civil War pier and many sunken boats and cars.
