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@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 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 > ______________________________________________ > > 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
