The stones he found while collecting mushrooms turned out to be meteorites – Last Minute Türkiye News
MustHıyasettin Senem (56), a farmer living in Yünören village in Korkut district mushroom While collecting, he found interesting stones weighing 40 kilos in his field.
Senem suspected that the stones he found were meteorites and sent them to Izmir 9 Eylül University for examination. Upon analysis, the stones were found to be chondrite meteorites.
Hıyasettin Senem stated that he has about 20 large and small meteorites in his possession, he said: “Last year I found a stone in a field where I went to collect mushrooms. These stones caught my attention. We suspected that these stones might be meteorites and sent them to the laboratory at Izmir 9 Eylül University for examination. As a result, it was documented that the rocks we had were meteorites. We currently have 40 kilos of meteorites. “As a result of the analysis, it was definitely decided that it was a chondrite-type meteorite,” he said.