[meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish Village: Poor Villagers Make Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After Black Stones From Space Rain Down

[Bigjohn Shea]

I may be crucified for saying this, but it's a little bit ridiculous...
So many specimens and demanding so high a price...  Just feels ridiculous.
Anyhow...  Enjoy the specimens!
John A. Shea
IMCA 3295



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On 11/15/15 at 5:08 PM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list wrote:

> Hello Listers
> 
> Looks like there is a lot of the material coming from that fall :)
> if villagers have received over $200,000. 
> 
> Shawn Alan
> IMCA 1633 
> ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html
> Website http://meteoritefalls.com 
> 
> Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish Village: Poor Villagers Make
> Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After Black Stones From Space Rain Down
> 
> "When a meteor exploded over a village in eastern Turkey in September,
> residents were frightened by the sound and the illuminated sky. In the
> weeks that followed, they started picking up small bits of black rock,
> but considered them insignificant. Then, with the visit of an academic
> from a university in Istanbul, they learned the tiny stones they’d
> been finding scattered across their land were a financial godsend.
> 
> Last week alone, collectors from Germany and the U.S. spent some
> $200,000 on the meteorites, according to Mehmet Nezir Ergün, one of the
> villagers. “I hope everyone finds some. Poor people are always looking
> for pieces. They need them more than we do,” Ergün told the Doğan
> News Agency, according to Today's Zaman."
> 
> Source:
> http://www.ibtimes.com/meteorite-fall-over-eastern-turkish-village-poor-villagers-make-hundreds-thousands-2175990
> 
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