[meteorite-list] Meteorite Fall Over Eastern Turkish Village: Poor Villagers Make Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars After Black Stones From Space Rain Down
From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 18:38:38 -0800 Message-ID: <62B338B9-C539-4CC5-98D6-9F40B555533E_at_meteoriteguy.com> Show me. I'm a buyer. Sell me all you have. Michael Farmer > On Nov 15, 2015, at 3:56 PM, Anne Black via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.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 >>> >>> > ______________________________________________ >>> >>> 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 >> > ______________________________________________ >> >> 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 > > > > -- > Rock > On! > > Ruben > Garcia > http://www.MrMeteorite.com > ______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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 09:38:38 PM PST |
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