Top 13 Amazing Discoveries That Took Us by Surprise!

3. $4 Million Chunk of Quartz Found in Arkansas

Location: Arkansas's Coleman Mine Year Found: 2016 Estimated Value: $4 million* The eight thousand-pound quartz lump can be found at the Smithsonian Museum. As a unique stone that is part of the National Gem and Minerals Collection, Berns Quartz was found in an Arkansas mine in 2016 and is currently in charge of greeting visitors to the Smithsonian.

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Arkansas Discovers $4 Million Quartz Chunk @boredpanda/Pinterest A large crystal cluster like this one is extremely rare and worth millions of dollars, while a piece of clear quartz costs only $14 on Amazon. The Berns Quartz and other deeply buried crystal veins inside the Arkansas mountain range were likely exposed when the Ouachita Mountains began to erode millions of years ago, leading to the formation of the cluster.

4. Stonehenge-Like Structure Discovered at the Bottom of Lake Michigan

Place: USA's Lake Michigan Year Found: 2017 Estimated Value: N/A While searching beneath Lake Michigan's surface, archaeologists came upon something unsettling and incredibly cool. Scientists discovered a building like Stonehenge 40 feet below the Grand Traverse Bay's surface using remote sensors.

Structure at the Bottom of Lake Michigan Resembling Stonehenge @historyhappyhr/Twitter Many of us have watched movies about Stonehenge on The History Channel, yet nobody still knows how the ancient building was constructed. The enigma is only deepened by the discovery of a similar building beneath the waters of Lake Michigan. Along with this amazing discovery, the scientist also found numerous sunken cars and boats and a Civil War dock.