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Re: Canadian Meteorites

>If you don't believe me, I strongly suggest you talk to Blaine Reed before you
>respond to the list again.  I trust him more than any other person in this
>field, and he will share with you the truth about the Canadian Government and
>"Their" meteorites! 

Hi Steve,

I will talk to Blaine in due time.  The next time I talk to him, I'll
ask him about Hodgeville.  This isn't the highest priority in my life.

>Blaine has asked me a favor, to not publicly state the details of the bad
>treatment he has been receiving from the officials at the Canadian National
>Collection, since finally after two years of stonewalling on their part, they
>are now promising that they MIGHT try to work out a deal on the Hodgeville,

That is good news!

>But Blaine did tell me that he has a friend who purchased some Bruderheim from
>a farmer in the fall area a short while back.  He then attempted to get the
>export permits to remove them, but the Canadian Officials would not approve it
>since they said "there was not enough extra Bruderheim material for scientific
>research to allow ANY of it to be exported!"  THERE IS OVER 800 POUNDS OF
>BRUDERHEIM!!!!!!!!!  And it is a very ordinary L6.  How much do they need?
>And what kind of research are they doing on it anyway?  

Duly noted, there has been once instance of Bruderheim being denied for 
export by the Canadian government.   How big was the piece attempted
to be exported?  I noticed Bruderheim  fell in 1960, 
which was well before the Canadian Act was passed, so a lot of
it has probably already been exported out of Canada.  How much of the 800
pounds is still left in Canada?  Perhaps the government was trying to protect 
what is left of a dwindling supply.

>But you seemed totally convinced that they will!!!!  

The Canadian Act does allow for the legal export of meteorites.  I thought
you would be happy with this fact.  

>So I challenge you.  NO,
>I DARE YOU [with my index finger pointing at my screen]: use all your JPL
>resources and years of fact finding expertise to find out exactly how many
>people have requested meteorite export permits from Canada, and how many have
>been granted and how many rejected (and on what grounds).

I respectfully decline.  I do not have the time nor the whim to be
your personal research slave.  

Ron Baalke