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It's an August day in Santa Filomena, Brazil.
A group of women have just emerged on a dusty red field,
excitedly clutching something they've just found.
Just days before a bright fireball appeared in the skies above and hundreds of meteorite fragments rained down over the city.
The palm-sized black rock they're holding might look pretty unremarkable,
but its value both scientifically and commercially is highly sought after.
So when meteorites crash to Earth, a race to find them begins.
As soon as something falls, it's a get-up-and-go time.
It's a high.
It's unlike anything that it was back in the day.
People are beginning to fight for the better ones.
We are scientists and we have no enough money to compete with them.
In this program, we'll hear from meteorite hunters,
dealers and scientists from all over the world about how interest and demand for these space rocks has boomed over the years.
It's led to a lucrative trade.
Is that at a cost to science?
and those looking to study them.