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

From: Shawn Alan <shawnalan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 15:08:34 -0700
Message-ID: <20151115150834.e8713c95af9984a493c5db01816d4c10.28837b6e1f.wbe_at_email22.secureserver.net>

Hello Listers

Looks like there is a lot of the material coming from that fall :)
if villagers have received over $200,000.

Shawn Alan
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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 Erg?n, one of the
villagers. ?I hope everyone finds some. Poor people are always looking
for pieces. They need them more than we do,? Erg?n told the Do?an
News Agency, according to Today's Zaman."

Source:
http://www.ibtimes.com/meteorite-fall-over-eastern-turkish-village-poor-villagers-make-hundreds-thousands-2175990
Received on Sun 15 Nov 2015 05:08:34 PM PST