[meteorite-list] "Gold Rush" begins for Fragments of Russian Meteorite

[Paul H.]

In [meteorite-list] "Gold Rush" begins for Fragments of Russian Meteorite at: 
http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg110943.html 
I wrote, 
 
“Chelyabinsk decided to keep the money in meteorites 
Konstantin Panyushkin, February 17, 2013,  
http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=1034744&cid=7 
http://cdn1.vesti.ru/p/o_740865.jpg “ 
 
A rough translation done of the video at 
http://www.vesti.ru/only_video.html?vid=486926 
was done for me. 
 
>From the notes that I took while she translated for me, 
the first part of the video is about schools and hospitals 
getting their windows repaired and opening tomorrow. 
It was followed by a segment about first responders 
being taught to cut glass and repair windows. 
 
The next segment is about inhabitants in a village 
finding what they believe to me meteorites. The general 
gist of the segment is that they believe the stones 
came from space. They first noticed distinct holes in the 
snow around their village. When they dug up the holes, 
they found “pieces of metal” of various shapes and stones 
which they had not seen before within the area of the 
village. The kids said that they had found 6 or 7 stones 
the size of fingernail and one large stone. The segment 
states that they have decided to keep the “money in 
their stones” and wait to sell their stones when they 
can get the best money for them. It was stated that 
they will hide their stones from strangers until real buyers 
come as they heard on the internet that the stones are 
worth real money. Also, they will not think of showing 
their stones to scientists. 
 
One of the kids said that his grandfather told him 
not to keep the stones at home and not to touch them 
with his bare hands. My translator told me that the 
grandfather is likely thinking about the Kyshtym 
explosion that occurred on Sept. 29, 1957. In this 
explosion, a waste tank at the Mayak nuclear weapons 
plant, Chelyabinsk region, exploded and contaminated 
an area of 15,000 to 20,000 square miles with 
radioactivity. As a result, the older Russians in the 
region are suspicious of massive explosions of any 
kind. 
 
Kyshtym disaster 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyshtym_disaster 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayak#Kyshtym_disaster 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ostural-Spur.png 
 
Yours, 
 
Paul H.