[meteorite-list] Southern America museuns meteorite trades

From: Eduardo <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:48:02 -0300
Message-ID: <B0000044625_at_webmail.abaco.net.ar>

Hi Martin and Andre
That's not right.
The Argentine law specifically mention NEW finds and falls. Until now the
only two meteorites involved are Berduc and Santa Lucia (both falls from 2008)
A museum can legally export older finds and falls (December 2007)
Eduardo
-----Original Message-----
From: "Martin Altmann" <altmann at meteorite-martin.de>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:01:15 +0200
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Southern America museuns meteorite trades

> Hi Andr?,
>
> I guess, you have to delete Argentina from your list.
> I'm not fully sure about, but due to the new legislation, where
> Argentinean
> meteorites are handled like artefacts, they aren't allowed to be
> exported
> anymore.
> It is hard for the Argentinean curators and scientists, but I fear,
> they
> will have to do without meteorites as consequence of the new law. Or
> better
> to say, from now on, they rather have to purchase new material, because
> the
> most cost-effective way, the swapping and trading is now blocked.
> Even if there shall be a possibility to acquire special permits (?),
> I doubt, that anyone of the main suppliers of important meteorites, not
> to
> mention the private collectors, would be willing to occupy himself with
> all
> that paperwork.
>
> I think this was also the main reason, why so few only gave meteorites
> on
> loan to Andrzej's exhibition - cause with the new Polish export
> prohibition,
> they weren't sure, whether they would get their pieces back or feared
> the
> red tape.
>
> Don't know about the actual situation in Poland - we'd love to trade
> meteorites with Polish museums, like I did sometimes in past and where
> all
> were happy - and now we have more amazing material than ever, but I
> don't
> know, whether that is still possible at all.
>
> Another terrifying aspect, aside the main problem of the breaking down
> of
> the number of newly recovered meteorites - how harmful improper laws
> created
> without expert knowledge are for meteorite science and the
> institutional and
> national collections.
>
> Very worrying, the developments of the recent years..
>
> Martin
>
>
>
> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von
> Andr?
> Moutinho
> Gesendet: Montag, 12. Oktober 2009 05:22
> An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Betreff: [meteorite-list] Southern America museuns meteorite trades
>
> Hello, there anyone here that belongs to a museum in Southern America
> (Argentina, Peru, Brazil, etc) that may be interest in trades?
>
> Regards,
>
> Andr?
> IMCA #2731
> http://moutinho.astrodatabase.net
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