[meteorite-list] Meteorites in your Carry-On Luggage

From: Greg Stanley <stanleygregr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:31:12 -0800
Message-ID: <SNT117-W34EA1F203367E1861B7F2BD2A60_at_phx.gbl>

I may be late for this:
 
I was flying from DC with some meteorites and I carried them on (I never check anything I would not want to lose or need) and the TSA looked at them like the were from "outer space"... heHeHe... and they pulled me aside and asked me questions. I told the I was visiting the Smithsonian. Now there were about three of the looking at my stones handing to one another and looking a me oddly. At this point I was getting worried; a few 100 gram chondrites i found and some rare achondrites I have bought - including a mars meteorite. Well, after a bout 5 or 10 minutes they let me go... wow, I was sweating. I would certainly call the airline and check.
 
Greg S.

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> From: astroroks at hotmail.com
> To: darryl at dof3.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:23:02 -0600
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in your Carry-On Luggage
>
>
> In mine, the TSA in Cairo considered my samples as "Hazardous Projectiles"
> and would not allow them as carry-on. Had to check them. That was in
> September. Got home with them O.K. Just fossels, got stopped for my
> meteorite search in Sudan.
> Dennis
>
>> From: darryl at dof3.com
>> To: marsrox at gmail.com
>> Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:56:38 -0500
>> CC: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites in your Carry-On Luggage
>>
>>
>>
>> in my experience, it's at the discretion of the TSA supervisor on duty.
>>
>> good luck. best/ d,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 14, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Kevin Kichinka wrote:
>>
>>> I want to bring two iron meteorites, one a Campo of 10 kgs., the other
>>> a Gibeon of 4 kgs., to Costa Rica from Miami on American Airlines. I
>>> would never check them and take a chance they might disappear. I would
>>> carry them on the plane in a small suitcase.
>>>
>>>
>>> Are these prohibited items? How do dealers flying around the planet to
>>> shows ship their rocks?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for any and all that have experience with this and respond.
>>>
>>>
>>> Kevin Kichinka
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