[meteorite-list] Export permits and African meteorites

From: Meteordealer <meteor.dealer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:53:58 2004
Message-ID: <001301c1aae5$21e25bc0$bb753d04_at_vz.dsl.genuity.net>

  The African meteorites that they have are most likely type specimens.
There are very few museums and universities that will trade for Sahara
desert finds.

Brad Sampson
meteor.dealer_at_gte.net
http://www.angelfire.com/me2/meteorites

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rhett Bourland" <rbourlan_at_evansville.net>
To: "Dave Mouat" <dmouat_at_dri.edu>
Cc: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 12:27 AM
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Export permits and African meteorites


> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Dave
> Mouat
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 11:13 PM
> To: rbourlan_at_evansville.net
> Cc: Meteorite List
> 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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