Please Let It Be Whale Vomit, Not Just Sea Junk - New York Times

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Please Let It Be Whale Vomit, Not Just Sea Junk - New York Times: "MONTAUK, N.Y. — In this season of strange presents from relatives, Dorothy Ferreira got a doozy the other day from her 82-year-old sister in Waterloo, Iowa. It was ugly. It weighed four pounds. There was no receipt in the box.

Inside she found what looked like a gnarled, funky candle but could actually be a huge hunk of petrified whale vomit worth as much as $18,000."