[meteorite-list] Export permits and African meteorites

From: Dave Mouat <dmouat_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:53:58 2004
Message-ID: <3C5A2D00.F5AE36C1_at_dri.edu>

My point is that there are a lot of classic African meteorites that all of the
major museums have. The key is verification and legality. No one doubts Cold
Bokkeveld let alone Hoba. (and I'n sure none of them have any Gibeons or
Kapoetas or Nakhlas or ???)
Dave

Rhett Bourland wrote:

> 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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> 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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