[meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting : is it legal ?
From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:24:57 2005 Message-ID: <014201c52a5d$8ef3bab0$0300a8c0_at_S0031628003> Great, this is the whacko that wrote a paper trying to urge that all meteorites should be conficated from private owners and given to scientists only. Mike Farmer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Verish" <bolidechaser_at_yahoo.com> To: "Meteorite-list Meteoritecentral" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:50 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite hunting : is it legal ? > 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. > > ------------- Original Message -------------- > > [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 > ------------------ > [That's my motto!] > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Wed 16 Mar 2005 02:22:53 PM PST |
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