[meteorite-list] Are these authentic Buzzard Coulees?

From: Linton Rohr <lintonius_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:12:56 -0700
Message-ID: <55B952C90C9E469D8A8DBDED74806000_at_D190TH71>

Melanie,
You must have missed Tett's reply, under a slightly modified subject line...
After sharing this info with the seller, she's asking me where to get the
permits.
Linton
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Very incorrect.

All Buzzard Coulee as well as any other Canadian meteorite must be sent
with a permit. It takes some time but very little cost to get the
permit. The officials I dealt with were very friendly and helpful
making the experience pleasant if not lengthy.

The seller can probably get away with shipping these across the boarder
but the stones are more valuable if they have proper export
documentation. If the seller is caught then they risk fines and losing
the stones.

Cheers!

tett

. Linton Rohr wrote:
> Well, the seller says...
> "I was told that if they are rocks for study wasn/t nessary reply I/m
> not sure I have no permits"
> I could be wrong, but I'm fairly certain that is incorrect.
> Anybody know for sure?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Melanie Matthews" <miss_meteorite at yahoo.ca>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Are these authentic Buzzard Coulees?


> Not to give anyone a bad name or scare those who
> are already bidding on some of them, but it seems kinda strange how
> there is no mention of export permits.. I PMed them and according to them
> she's selling them "for research" and as such they can get away with
> selling BCs without a permit. It seems they are legit.
>
> -----------
> Melanie
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>
> Unclassified meteorites are like a box of chocolates... you never know
> what you're gonna get!
Received on Wed 31 Mar 2010 10:12:56 PM PDT