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Re: Turkish Meteorite Fall?

Postby g0isw » Wed Nov 18, 2015 9:08 am

Report from BBC News on money earned by villagers selling fragments, with some images

www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-34842754
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Re: Turkish Meteorite Fall?

Postby Lufha » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:52 pm

Got my piece a few weeks ago, it's a beauty!
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Re: Turkish Meteorite Fall?

Postby Barwellian » Thu Nov 19, 2015 11:53 pm

Me too...just some fragments...some at the OU having O isotope work done on it at this very moment :-)

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Re: Turkish Meteorite Fall?

Postby David Entwistle » Fri Nov 20, 2015 3:00 pm

g0isw wrote:Report from BBC News on money earned by villagers selling fragments, with some images


Hi,

And where money is being made, the tax man is never far away. A later update indicates the revenue from sales of meteorites will not be taxed....
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Re: Turkish Meteorite Fall?

Postby David Entwistle » Mon Dec 14, 2015 7:31 am

Cihan have a video report of a large oriented meteorite recovery.
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Re: Turkish Meteorite Fall?

Postby Barwellian » Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:16 pm

Unfortunately it does not look like a meteorite...just looks like a large boulder to me.
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Re: Turkish Meteorite Fall?

Postby David Entwistle » Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:25 am

Now officially named Sariçiçek. Class: Howardite.
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