[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 18:39:08 -0800
Message-ID: <071377D0-915C-4393-AE83-F3EC862CFD77_at_meteoriteguy.com>

Yes, I have my checkbook out and ready.

Michael Farmer

> On Nov 15, 2015, at 3:59 PM, Ruben Garcia via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>
> 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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>> --
>> Rock
>> On!
>>
>> Ruben
>> Garcia
>> http://www.MrMeteorite.com
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