They say one person's trash is another's treasure, but a chunk of 'rock' used to keep a door open for decades is a treasure by almost anyone's standards.

A woman discovered the 3.5-kilogram (7.7-pound) stone in a stream bed in southeast Romania, brought it home, and used it as a doorstop.

Her find turned out to be one of the biggest intact chunks of amber in the world, according to a report by El Pais .

Its value? Somewhere in the region of €1 million – around US$1.1 million.

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In Romania , pieces of amber can be found around the village of Colti in sandstone from the banks of the River Buzau, where it has been mined since the 1920s .

Known as rumanite , this amber is famed and prized for its wide array of deep, reddish hues.

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