Hi all, From what I hear it's mostly because it's very expensive - even out in the field. I just spent 10's of thousands of dollars for a handful of nice but very small 100 % crusted individuals.
Most are already sold, but I'll post the last few of them for sale very soon! On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Shawn Alan via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> 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 Ergün, one of the > villagers. “I hope everyone finds some. Poor people are always looking > for pieces. They need them more than we do,” Ergün told the Doğan > 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@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@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list