[meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting : is it legal ?

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:24:57 2005
Message-ID: <20050316175003.36018.qmail_at_web51702.mail.yahoo.com>

LAW OF OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF METEORITES.
D. G. Schmitt, McEwen, Schmitt & Co. Barristers and
Solicitors,
1615 – 1055 W. Georgia St., Vancouver, B.C., Canada,
V6E3R5, email: dgs_at_marinelawcanada.com

http://www.uark.edu/~meteor/abst37-12supp.html

<http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2001/pdf/5150.pdf>

I'm surprised this paper hasn't been mentioned, yet.
Usually, by the time I get the Digest version of the
List's posts most questions have been answered by
others with quicker access to a keyboard.

;-)
Bob V.

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[meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting : is it legal ?
mark ford markf at ssl.gb.com
Wed Mar 16 09:03:01 EST 2005


Yes but..

I bet 90% of material in our collections was collected
from land owned by someone else, or not declared

(I bet most of the PF's collected in the streets
weren't declared to the US government, for example)

It just goes with the territory, most geological
specimens are extracted from sites, without the owners
permission, we probably wouldn't have the
science of geology at all if people had thought twice
about collecting rocks.

The alternative is few meteorites for sale at high
prices and next to none available for research, that
would do no-one any good!


Rescue it from the deserts before it disappears I say!

MF
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