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Uploaded by on Jan 20, 2012

Deep in the heart of the Omani desert, the search is on for rocks worth millions of dollars: not diamonds but rubble that has fallen from the sky.

A group of German and Swiss scientists are working with the Omani government to catalogue the vast number of meteorites that lay strewn across the desert - famed as the place with the world's second largest cache of heavenly rocks.

Al Jazeera's Andrew Hopkins reports from Oman.

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  • @MrGoshlo read history bro go educate yourself

  • @GiveMeABloodyUse""" So Iranian are ready to take back Oman from British Arabs and Portugese puppet by Military FORCE any time soon you will see. Persians want to leave in Oman without Arabs and others.

  • @MrGoshlo go read history bro.. u look lost

  • @MrGoshlo lol IRAN 10000 years history.. lol thats nothing nuff said

  • @GiveMeABloodyUser Hey Arab, I said more than 10,000 years history and culture and first human but you Arabs are mixed Black and white, ( Sudan and Scadinavian ) and then mixed with others such as British puppet.

  • @MrGoshlo lol you are a pathetic person.. if iran has 10000 years history oman has 9 million.. i told you before go read some history you ignorant inbred piece of shit.. stop making yourself look like an idiot and you already is

  • @GiveMeABloodyUser You are very un educated man okay Iran has over 10000 years history and culture and first human in the world since that date Oman belongs to IRAN and Arabs are mixed black Sudan and scadinavian ( Egypt ) and UK since year 1500 ( 512 years ago ) put Arabs in these areas to rule and stealing oil from Iran in Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf and Gulf of Aden and Oman sea, and part of Red sea okay man you study the history of Oman, I let you go boy.

  • @MrGoshlo oman is part of Iran? iran has a shorter history than oman.. you better read some history

  • @MrGoshlo chill bro...

  • Arabs are faithless and popets of UK and USA and France,and Russian, that's why nobody help you, you arabs are theaf and Terrorist, that's why you can't put Jewish out of Jerusalem. okay Ebrahim.

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