[meteorite-list] Export permits and African meteorites

From: Rhett Bourland <rbourlan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:53:58 2004
Message-ID: <IOEBKAHMGFBDJMOFGDFNOEHLDFAA.rbourlan_at_evansville.net>

Quite possibly so Dave. He did say they were not CURRENTLY getting any
African meteorites. Besides, my comments were more to say that there is
some issue with lack of export permits with the desert meteorites (although
no names were mentioned at all).
Best,
Rhett Bourland
www.asteroidmodels.com
www.asteroidmodels.com/personal
www.meteoritecollectors.org

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[mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Dave
Mouat
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 11:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Export permits and African meteorites


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
> www.asteroidmodels.com
> www.asteroidmodels.com/personal
> www.meteoritecollectors.org
>
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