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

[Ruben Garcia]

Hi John,

It's a howarite fall.....

In my opinion it's probably about once in 20-30 year type thing.
Expensive? Yes, but I think not over priced  - at least not for what
it is.

Other achondrite falls like Passamonte  - $1000 per gram

On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Bigjohn Shea via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> 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:
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>> 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
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>> 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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