[meteorite-list] Lost Opportunities Past and Future was Some ..meteorite finds.

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat May 20 09:52:00 2006
Message-ID: <8j7u621c5madg64os73fe777jmsk6k7bqg_at_4ax.com>

On Sat, 20 May 2006 13:11:58 +0100, you wrote:

>In the book of R. Norton, "rocks from space" it is described how Bob Haag
>"extracted" from an african (synonimous of stupid, between the lines)
>country, a valuable stone.
>That was done after a psychological manoeuver, to take it from the hands of
>the museum curator - he exchanged it for the equivalent of the colored
>glass beads of "diplomatic procedures" with natives, of other times, ie for
>volumous rubish.

On this point at least you aren't alone. I saw that event, as described in the
book, as a dishonest transaction too. Also, IIRC, wasn't there an even
discribed where he lied to customs to get that (or some other meteorite) out of
country?
Received on Sat 20 May 2006 09:54:08 AM PDT