[meteorite-list] antartic meteorites

From: tracy latimer <daistiho_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:03 2004
Message-ID: <Sea2-F9R5iQgzGzpHqR0001c460_at_hotmail.com>

I have two Antarctic meteorites in my collection. Both of them were
collected before countries signed the accord declaring that private
individuals could not own Antarctic meteorites, so they were 'grandfathered'
in. If you buy meteorites collected before then, they are legal to own.

Tracy Latimer

>
>Does Uncle Sam allow Antarctic material to be sold, or is that like
>trafficking in endangered species? What is the deal with that,
>anyways...I've never
>seen any, but then again, I haven't seen much...Doug
>

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Received on Sat 17 Jan 2004 07:24:48 PM PST