[meteorite-list] Export permits and African meteorites

From: Dave Mouat <dmouat_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:53:58 2004
Message-ID: <3C5A23BE.1E302E66_at_dri.edu>

Rhett
I doubt if Tim said that they have no (NO, none zip, etc) African meteorites.
The main point of his comment is what you said: "export permits" and what you
inferred (or didn't as the case may be) as "verification". Anybody who has seen
the collection knows that there are tons of African meteorites, justno
SaharaXXX, etc.
Dave

Rhett Bourland wrote:

> Before I even start this post let me first say that this is not to be an
> attack or anything even remotely resembling it in the least. If I even half
> way come across like I'm doing that to anyone I apologize whole heartedly
> and hope that you'll forgive me.
> A few days ago Mike Farmer and Dean were arguing about export permits and
> who may or may not have them. Personally, I don't really care that much.
> I've bought from both you guys in the past and will in the future. I
> recently got an email from Dr. Timothy McCoy at the Smithsonian. I was
> trying to get some more Burnwell from him and offered some Dhofar 378 (a new
> really cool Martian that I've got some of) to him. His response was that
> the Smithsonian does not aquire any meteorites from all of Africa due to the
> lack of export permits and possibly coming from nations that are unfriendly
> with the US.
> I promise that I'm not trying to start anything with this post but I did
> think it relevant due to recent discussions. I also had always wondered why
> you hardly ever see DaG's, Sahara's, and NWA's in large museum collections
> and his email answered that for me.
> Please do note that he did not mention any names in his email and like I
> said before, I'm sorry if anyone thinks this is somehow an attack on anyone
> because it is not and I hope that no one else out there uses what I've said
> to start their own attack. I just thought that I would add a little bit of
> information to a current discussion that's been going on.
> Good evening,
> Rhett Bourland
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>
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