[meteorite-list] So all meteorites are illegal?

From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 12:31:22 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <18768.73111.qm_at_web113603.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Thanks Dirk for posting your links.

A direct one to the NY Times article
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/science/05meteorite.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

An interesting quote:
?It?s a black market,? said Ralph P. Harvey, a geologist at Case Western Reserve University who directs the federal search for meteorites in Antarctica. ?It?s as organized as any drug trade and just as illegal.?

Either Dr. Harvey is mis-informed, mis-quoted or is in the camp of misinformed scientists that believe meteorite ownership should be illegal to all.


Good to see Anne B quoted in the article

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Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081

Received on Mon 04 Apr 2011 03:31:22 PM PDT