[meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish Village: Poor Villagers Make Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After Black Stones From Space Rain Down
From: Bigjohn Shea <bigjohnshea_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 23:12:01 +0100 Message-ID: <trinity-18eeed08-d7f6-46f0-9fb7-4fa004d7acf1-1447625520559_at_msvc-mesg-gmxus003> 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 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 > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Sun 15 Nov 2015 05:12:01 PM PST |
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