[meteorite-list] Conservation of Meteorites]

From: MarkF <mafer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:25 2004
Message-ID: <007d01c3f946$e07ea910$9357b7c7_at_yourkgohy9au97>

Hi Lars and List

Things like this will only become more prevalent, not less because the
powers who make such laws cannot tell the difference between one type of
anything from another. So, to compensate for lack of knowledge, which they
believe everyone has except for the experts in official organizations, they
make blanket laws which cover all specimens.
There is some little merit in these blanket laws though. It does preserve
specimens for future students to learn about. And, even in that world, there
is a small amount of pressure that says if you find something and can get
all the information you need without disturbing it any further, leave it in
place for when technology can extract all possible information about the
specimen. Of course, some things will not withstand that span of time once
exposed to air, and covering it back up won't change that. But it
re-enforces that mentality which is fundamental to the laws.
Mark F
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lars Pedersen" <lbp_at_privat.tdcadsl.dk>
To: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 2:54 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Conservation of Meteorites]


> >Even private land meteorites in Canada are not the
> > propert owners to own, in the name of conservation......
>
> Same thing here in Denmark.
>
> If I found a meteorite in my garden, I could not keep it.
> It belong to the state, and must be turned over to the geological museum
in
> Cobenhagen.
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> Same goes for rare kinds of fosils.
>
> I guess that in some way it is good ... but as a collector I would like
more
> flexible rules.
>
> Best wishes
> Lars Pedersen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Freeman" <dfreeman_at_fascination.com>
> To: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 7:02 AM
> Subject: [Fwd: Re: [meteorite-list] Conservation of Meteorites]
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> > Conservation as in lock them up for science? Yes, the Canadian
> > government is very active....just ask a few list members...how do we
> > spell "Tagish Lake"? For you new met. list members, Tagish Lake landed
> > on a frozen lake and by the time acadamia got their act together, the
> > lake had thawed and the majority of meteorites went to the bottom. Some
> > conservation act there. The Canadien Government won a "Harvey Award"
> > a year ago in Tucson for this bungle. Canada already is heavily into the
> > conservation mode. Even private land meteorites in Canada are not the
> > propert owners to own, in the name of conservation......
> > Bar code all of our private specimens! Makes it easier for the meteorite
> > police to locate them. I personally see the term "conservation" as
> > very threatening....What I find, I offer my part (10%) as type specimen
> > deposit for science but do not think science should control meteorites
> > as they have the public land vertibrate fossils. Sort of borders on
> > communism to my way of thinking.
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> > Just my opinion, I think that term "conservation" has a very negative
> tone.
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> > Dave F. pro~private
> > collecting~free~enterprize~let~conservation~collect~its~own. The
> > Smithsonian is turning away common H and L's now anyways I have heard.
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> > Nicholas Gessler wrote:
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> > > Hello All,
> > >
> > > As a slight digression from a post on the "aims of the IMCA,"
> > > I'd like to initiate some discussion on meteorite conservation.
> > >
> > > I used to be a museum director/curator and conservator of
> > > "conventional" archaeological and ethnographic items.
> > > I know there has been some discussion on meteorite "conservation" and
> > > I wonder if anyone is gathering this information in one place?
> > >
> > > I may go down to the Getty Conservation Institute and see what they
> > > have to say.
> > > I know the Canadian Conservation Institute is quite active.
> > > But I don't think either of them have addressed the conservation of
> > > meteorites, at least not yet!
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> > > Perhaps I should start an information page on the subject.
> > > What I would like to see are scientific papers on the pros and cons of
> > > various techniques.
> > > Especially important would be comparative tests of different
techniques.
> > >
> > > If anyone could forward citations on any relevant published papers, I
> > > would be pleased to put them on the Web.
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > > Nick
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