[meteorite-list] 5 Kilo Iron Meteorite

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:28:39 +0200
Message-ID: <000301cb6ec8$60c3f280$224bd780$_at_de>

Well Jeff and Graham,
only another sad example.

There is zero incentive for that prospector, to get his finds classified, to
reveal the data for more searches,
to bring it to a museum.

He had all the work, he made a great recovery - and the reward would be a
wet handshake and the expenses for a bus ticket to Perth.

Australia has lost another meteorite, like it lost so many before by virtue
of these antiquated laws,
where it was proven long ago,
that it is scientifically the wrong method, to regard finders of meteorites
as enemies and not as partners.

In most of the other countries of the world, you would have now samples of
such a find in the labs and in the national and regional museums.

In parts of Australia, the laws prevent that.
Laws which threw Australian meteoritics 150 years back in time.
Laws, which never were tested to be conform with the constitution,
Laws, which greatly handicap the scientific work of the universities and the
public appointment of the institutes and museums to collect meteorites, to
preserve meteorites and to enlarge and to diversify the collections.


Even in desert countries only a small handful of experts occupy themselves
with that so rare and exotic matter called meteorite: Meteoricists,
curators, private collectors, private hunters, private dealers.

Influence and competence to ensure that the legal conditions are given, that
a meaningful research on meteorites and that new finds are granted,
do have only the curators and the meteoricists.

There are only a few in Australia.

To us it's only left, to appeal to their professional ethics, their
expertise, their liability to the public,
which allows to them and supports them to do their research, and finally to
their reason,
to care for a modification of the laws,
that Australia once will be able to turn back again in the circle of the
great meteorite nations.

It costs no money, it costs insight, will and practical wisdom.

It's up to them.

Don't wait too long.
Martin


-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Jeff
Kuyken
Gesendet: Montag, 18. Oktober 2010 10:48
An: e-mail ensoramanda; Meteorites USA
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] 5 Kilo Iron Meteorite

I've seen other videos and know of other pieces this gold prospector has
found. To the best of my knowledge he just keeps them and according to his
YouTube comments, uses them as a heat bank for his heater!

Unfortunately for the finder, he doesn't own any of those pieces he found
while prospecting either. Under state law they all belong to the WA state
government so it may just be a matter of time before he gets a knock at the
door!

Cheers,

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "e-mail ensoramanda" <ensoramanda at ntlworld.com>
To: "Meteorites USA" <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 5:36 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 5 Kilo Iron Meteorite


> Would be interesting to know what happened to those irons found in
> Australia? ....knowing what the laws are now....have they been handed
> in for study/classification....or just disappeared
> mysteriously....anyone know the finder of more about the story?
>
> Jeff?
>
> They look much younger than Henbury with very nice regmaglypts.
>
> Graham, UK
>
> On 17 October 2010 18:37, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
>> Anyone wanna talk about meteorites? ;) Seems someone found a couple...
>>
>> Eric
>>
>>
>> On 10/16/2010 10:22 PM, Meteorites USA wrote:
>>>
>>> Another one... this time BIGGER! Strewnfield?
>>> http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=7y6dDtPekzQ
>>>
>>> Geoff and Steve were in Australia just recently. Hmmm...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/16/2010 10:15 PM, Meteorites USA wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=-619OvFyi5w
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