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

Sun Nov 15 22:21:40 EST 2015

My, my Michael...

Bottom feeder?  Is that me?  I guess so...  Me who has collected many hundreds of meteorite specimens on the budget of a Medical School student.

How many collectors are out there just like me, or very similar?   Most people are collecting on a real budget, and happy to have a collection at all let alone one with a 22g piece of a Howardite that cost them $3,000.

Furthermore, how many years will it take before you call Bingol a rotten old Howardite that should be sold at the Walmart?

John

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On 11/15/15 at 9:44 PM, Michael Farmer wrote:

> Who is this? A new dealer?
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> Comparing a howardite fall to Morasko? A frigging rotten old iron that can be found by the ton? Identical to campo? Please, these people need to go find a meteorite Walmart. Leave the actual good stuff to the professionals? 
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> I've already bought and sold more than $150,000 in Bingöl. And eBay is not the place it sells.
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> Good luck guys. Bottom feeders.
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> Michael Farmer
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> > On Nov 15, 2015, at 2:50 PM, Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
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> > Hi John,
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> > I completely understand what you mean, as I have made a great living
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> > selling meteorites of all types over the last 18 years.
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> > However, history has proven that while most meteorites do go up in
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> > value over time - rare witnessed falls almost always appreciate in
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> > value dramatically.
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> > Which explains why so many collectors moving to collecting only falls now days.
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> > On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Bigjohn Shea via Meteorite-list
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> > <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
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> >> Ruben,
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> >> For 450$ you can get a 3g piece of Bingol (that you need a loop to really enjoy) or you can get a 177g etched slice of Morasko that looks phenomenal in your collection.
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> >> Added to this, that Bingol piece really isn't any harder to find for the buyer than Morasko, and in the long run will probably be worth 50-75% of what you pay now.
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> >> Howardite fall or not, the price is more than I'm willing to pay.
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> >> My opinion atleast.
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> >> Cheers,
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> >> John
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> >>> On 11/15/15 at 5:32 PM, Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list wrote:
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> >>> Hi John,
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> >>> It's a howarite fall.....
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> >>> In my opinion it's probably about once in 20-30 year type thing.
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> >>> Expensive? Yes, but I think not over priced  - at least not for what
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> >>> it is.
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> >>> Other achondrite falls like Passamonte  - $1000 per gram
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> >>> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Bigjohn Shea via Meteorite-list
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> >>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
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> >>>> I may be crucified for saying this, but it's a little bit ridiculous...
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> >>>> So many specimens and demanding so high a price...  Just feels ridiculous.
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> >>>> Anyhow...  Enjoy the specimens!
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> >>>> John A. Shea
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> >>>> IMCA 3295
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> >>>> Sent using the mail.com mail app
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> >>>>> On 11/15/15 at 5:08 PM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list wrote:
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> >>>>> Hello Listers
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> >>>>> Looks like there is a lot of the material coming from that fall :)
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> >>>>> if villagers have received over $200,000.
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> >>>>> Shawn Alan
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> >>>>> IMCA 1633
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> >>>>> ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html
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> >>>>> Website http://meteoritefalls.com
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> >>>>> Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish Village: Poor Villagers Make
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> >>>>> Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After Black Stones From Space Rain Down
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> >>>>> "When a meteor exploded over a village in eastern Turkey in September,
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> >>>>> residents were frightened by the sound and the illuminated sky. In the
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> >>>>> weeks that followed, they started picking up small bits of black rock,
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> >>>>> but considered them insignificant. Then, with the visit of an academic
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> >>>>> from a university in Istanbul, they learned the tiny stones they’d
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> >>>>> been finding scattered across their land were a financial godsend.
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> >>>>> 
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> >>>>> Last week alone, collectors from Germany and the U.S. spent some
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> >>>>> $200,000 on the meteorites, according to Mehmet Nezir Ergün, one of the
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> >>>>> villagers. “I hope everyone finds some. Poor people are always looking
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> >>>>> for pieces. They need them more than we do,” Ergün told the Doğan
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> >>>>> News Agency, according to Today's Zaman."
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> >>>>> Source:
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> >>>>> http://www.ibtimes.com/meteorite-fall-over-eastern-turkish-village-poor-villagers-make-hundreds-thousands-2175990
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