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

From: Ruben Garcia <rubengarcia85382_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 16:59:35 -0700
Message-ID: <CAJet4mO+M1ojc9BnYBd+o+WjsodX+4vCMC6dYGPXtYroYm6Agg_at_mail.gmail.com>

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 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
>>>
>>>
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