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

[Michael Farmer]

Yes, I have my checkbook out and ready. 

Michael Farmer

> On Nov 15, 2015, at 3:59 PM, Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> 
> Ha ha,
> 
> Anne I love you but please point me to where I can buy Passamonte for
> $250 to $300 per gram.  I will buy it right now!
> 
> A link, a name, anything would be appreciated.
> 
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Anne Black <impactika at aol.com> wrote:
>> Sorry Ruben,
>> 
>> Pasamonte is about $250/$300 a gram.
>> This one is terribly over-priced.
>> I love great historical falls, but I'll skip this one.
>> 
>> 
>> Anne M. Black
>> www.IMPACTIKA.com
>> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> To: Bigjohn Shea <bigjohnshea at mail.com>
>> Cc: Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Sun, Nov 15, 2015 3:32 pm
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish Village: Poor Villagers Make Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After Black Stones From Space Rain Down
>> 
>> 
>> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Sent using the mail.com mail
>> app
>>> 
>>>> 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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>> On!
>> 
>> Ruben
>> Garcia
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