WHERE HUNTING was [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunters Released from Oman

From: michel FRANCO <michel_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri May 13 03:55:21 2005
Message-ID: <000001c55791$126376f0$2101a8c0_at_your6da8e58346>

Dear Adam and list

TKS for the good news.

This past event makes me think more about meteorite hunting in deserts (
Sahara, Arabic peninsula, etc...)

I think it will be great to have the exact knowledge of the different
laws ruling our known hunting places, and other potentially rich in
meteorites countries. I am think of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali,
Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunesia, Western Sahara.

I only know that Algeria forbids prospecting for meteorites inside its
borders.
I have heard that it is the same in Tunesia.

Best regards

Michel FRANCO
www.caillou-noir.com


> -----Message d'origine-----
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> part de Adam Hupe
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> Objet : [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunters Released from Oman
>
>
> Dear List,
>
> I just heard from a reliable source some good news, the ten
> individuals that were caught meteorite hunting in Oman have
> been released. Just a week ago I heard from the same source
> they were being charged with three different felonies so it
> did not look good at that time making their release an
> unexpected surprise. I guess they had been living on credit
> cards for some time while waiting for their passports to be
> returned. From what I am lead to believe they had to forfeit
> all of their equipment; trucks, supplies and the meteorites
> in order to leave. I guess the poor guys were only allowed
> to leave with the shirts on their backs.
>
> I was told last week that the Omani government fined them
> $35.00 a gram for the meteorites they took which was over 40
> kilos amounting to about US $1,400,000.00. This amount seem
> ludicrous to me but shows what kind of
> value the people of Oman place on their meteorites. I also
> heard that an
> Omani guide connected to the Swiss was responsible for
> turning them in.
>
> I hope the most recent update is accurate, I feel it is.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
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