[meteorite-list] New FALL in Turkey

From: Bjorn Sorheim <astrogeo_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 17:41:54 +0100 (CET)
Message-ID: <18769899.1170693714304.JavaMail.adm-moff_at_moffice5.nsc.no>

Thanks to Farmer, Seidel, Herkstroker, Fred and Matteo for the
feedback on this.

I had no idea about the laws on this in Turkey.
Kichinka, in his book, make no mention of Turkey laws,
but mention several other countries.
Would Greece be similar to Turkey?
I guess you are sure about the fact that meteorites fall
in the categery of "cultural treasures"?

Personally I can somewhat confirm (or not?) such matters
from Turkey, as I also was there during the eclipse last sping, see:
http://home.online.no/~bsoerhei/astro/eclipse/060329/Phaselis.html

Meteorites was not on my mind during the stay, but my interest in stones
and geology made me pick up about one kg of typical pebbles and small
stones at the southernmost beach, where the eclipse path crossed into Turkey
from the south.

I had a fully packed rucksack with my eclipse equipment and everything
at the airport. As I had brought about 14.5 kg to Turkey the added stones
brought the weight over 15 kg, so overweight. I don't know if that was the
reason, but I was ordered to leave the sack at another counter than the rest.
I didn't see it before arriving to Norway, so they must have checked it
especially.

Anyway, all the stones were there still, and it didn't look like they had gone
through the sack either.
I don't know what the conclusion would be here, but at least they don't
seem to be going after ordinary stones.

Bj?rn S?rheim



> From: Michael Farmer [meteoriteguy at yahoo.com]
> Sent: 2007-02-05 15:46:19 CET
> To: Fred Caillou Noir [fred at caillou-noir.com], Bjorn Sorheim [astrogeo at online.no], meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New FALL in Turkey
>
> One reason would be that Turkey might in fact be the
> most dangerous country in the world to remove a
> meteorite from. Turkey has extreme laws about removal
> of ANYTHING! People I know say that at the airports
> there are warnings about removing even a pebble or sea
> shell. Jail sentances are handed down for people
> caught at the airport removing pieces of "cultural
> treasures" and I think that they might not like their
> newest meteorite fall leaving the country in a
> carry-on.
> I am going to pass on this one!
> Michael farmer
> --- Fred Caillou Noir <fred at caillou-noir.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear Bjorn and List,
> >
> > I agree with Bjorn, watching the pictures on the
> > article there is no doubt that this is a stony
> > meteorite and I would even risk a speculation that
> > with the fair grey chips it looks like another
> > LL6... OK, I know, one should wait until it is
> > analysed of course! ;o))
> > Good luck to hunters who will make the trip to
> > Turkey!
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Fred
> > Lyon, France
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bjorn Sorheim" <astrogeo at online.no>
> > To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 9:42 PM
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] New FALL in Turkey
> >
> >
> > List.
> > Hey, what's the matter with YOU Lot!
> > There is A NEW FALL in Turkey is there NOT?!
> > Why no dicussion frenzy?
> > Why are you not SCRAMBLING to go there?!
> > I'm shure MIKE is?!
> > Looking at the pictures in the article, I can
> > definitly say is
> > a stony meteorite, no doubt about it I would say...
> > (The only doubt is how much carbon it contains -
> > haha!)
> > Any more information about this fall? Links?
> > I'm shure there must be more stones on the ground...
> >
> > Personally I heard a bang from above at 15:25 in the
> > afternoon
> > on that very day here in Norway(?). I even wrote it
> > down in my
> > notebook to check it later. Forgot about it untill
> > today!
> > Other norwegians have noted strong meteors going
> > north to south
> > about this time it now seems...
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bj?rn S?rheim
> >
> > > From: Mike Groetz [mpg444 at yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: 2007-02-03 03:41:09 CET
> > > To: Meteorite List
> > [meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com]
> > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite lands in Didim
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.voicesnewspaper.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=477
> >
Received on Mon 05 Feb 2007 11:41:54 AM PST