[meteorite-list] Moon Rocks illegal?

From: Mike Bandli <fuzzfoot_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:45:21 -0700
Message-ID: <4ED19C624B2540A490FF1A5ACB9D79FE_at_Bandli1>

It is legal to own -some- moon-dust stained items released by Astronauts,
which contain lunar material (at a microscopic level) - Velcro, Beta Cloth,
etc.. They have long been sold by artifact dealers without restriction. This
is the ONLY way to own 'moon dust' from Apollo. I've seen some nice swatches
that contain those microscopic orange spherules of glass. Neat stuff, but
I'd rather own a big chunk of lunar meteorite.

Mike Bandli
www.HistoricMeteorites.com
IMCA #5765

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Richard
Kowalski
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 7:32 PM
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com; Greg Catterton
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Rocks illegal?

Greg,

the first article you cite states it correctly. It is illegal (in the US) to
own any lunar material that made it to earth via an Apollo mission. It is
perfectly legal to own lunar material that makes it to earth "naturally".

--
Richard Kowalski
http://fullmoonphotography.net
IMCA #1081
--- On Sat, 9/12/09, Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Moon Rocks illegal?
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 6:03 PM
> It seems Lunar Rock is a "controlled
> substance" and is illegal to own...
> http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/20/lunar-rocks-are-a-co.html
> http://www.geotimes.org/sept02/NN_moon.html
> http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2000-12/976929331.As.r.html
> 
> Is this true? What does it mean for Lunar Meteorites?
> Can anyone offer info about this?
> 
> Thanks, and hope everyone has a great weekend (whats left
> of it)
> Greg C.
> 
> 
> ? ? ? 
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