[meteorite-list] Large Tissint donated to the NHM....!

From: Graham Ensor <graham.ensor_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:31:32 +0000
Message-ID: <CAJkn+kZjyYhtvtKDoMP_H6sD07T5m8Hecqwt3ub=SUi3haggQw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Wonderful news.....it is such an important fall and deserves it's
place in the NHM collection. It should attract lots of interest and
promote meteoritics well if the reaction of the public is anything to
go by when I exhibited my 21g sample of Tissint for the Stargazing
Live events at the Long Eaton Academy and at Oxford University, dept.
of Astrophysics a couple of weeks ago.

http://www.derbyastronomy.org/StargazingLive2012LongEaton.htm

http://mpole2011.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/bbc-stargazing-live-2012/

Here's hoping the BIMS group can organize a group visit when it goes
on public display.....any indications when that might happen?

Can't wait to see what the scientific studies reveal.

Regards,

Graham

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Congratulations to The Natural History Museum on a fine acquisition. I am pleased to see that a large piece of Tissint (pronounced like peasant with a "T" instead of a "P") will be preserved and displayed publicly. Thank you, Caroline for clarifying the museum's position on falls/finds from this region.
>
> Kindest Regards,
>
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Caroline Smith <caroline.smith at nhm.ac.uk>
> To: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Adam <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 9:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Large Tissint donated to the NHM....!
>
> Adam
>
> Thank you for your kind words. The Museum is delighted to have acquired such an important specimen, both for science and our 4.8M visitors/year to enjoy.
>
> To clarify there is no 'politics' involved here. The Museum has a policy (derived from UK and international museum policies and standards) that we cannot acquire meteorites with unclear provenance i.e. NWA meteorites, owing to the issues of potential illicit or illegal movement across borders where permits are required for export and/or specimen movement.
>
> With the Tissint meteorite this is NOT the case as it is a well-provenanced specimen from Morocco, which as you know, is a country which does not require permits to export meteorite specimens.
>
> I hope this clarifies things.
>
> Regards
>
> Caroline
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Dr Caroline Smith
> Curator of Meteorites and Aurora Fellow
> Department of Mineralogy
> The Natural History Museum
> Cromwell Road
> London
> SW7 5BD
>
> On 8 Feb 2012, at 17:02, "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> It is great to see that major museums are setting politics aside and waking up to the fact that most of the world's best specimens are coming out of NWA these days.
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Adam
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