[meteorite-list] Speaking of Moon Rocks..

From: chris handler <cmhandler_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 10:00:29 +0930
Message-ID: <CAEmy+SmYWAonoaN0bSFFSje4n5akKFmJ2-nRb--bvFwBR_5+1w_at_mail.gmail.com>

In Australia, the laws very from state to state. Unfortunately in both
Western Australia and my state, South Australia, the state museums
have automatic guardianship over any meteorite found within the state
boarders. In South Australia, a finder has to be rewarded if they
request a reward, but there is no stipulation that the reward needs to
match what was found, so hypothetically, they could give you a $10
supermarket voucher for a 5kg Lunar. As you can see, privet meteorite
hunting is all but dead in these two states.

Kind regards,
                   Chris Handler



On 5/26/12, Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Ben, Doug, and List,
>
> A great new lunar. So, how exactly does that work in Australia? Can
> the finder keep it? Is the finder reimbursed if the stone is property
> of the government? I know about the export part of the process, but
> can an Australian hunter keep his find (or part of it) or must he/she
> hand it over to the state? I'm unclear on how that works. What if
> the meteorite is found on private property versus public/government
> land?
>
> PS - there is also a new Martian in the latest Met Bulletin update.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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> On 5/25/12, Doug Ross <doug at dougross.net> wrote:
>> Hi Ben,
>>
>> Wow, a new Australian lunar! This is the first I've heard about it. I
>> just
>> checked the Western Australian Museum website, and there is no mention of
>> it
>> yet. Definitely not paired with Calcalong Creek, based on the find
>> coordinates. But I guess we won't be seeing any of this new one in
>> private
>> collections. Still very exciting news.
>>
>> -Doug Ross
>>
>>
>> On May 25, 2012, at 5:25 AM, Benjamin P. Sun wrote:
>>
>>> This just got approved today: Lynch 002
>>>
>>> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=1&pnt=Normal%20table&code=55542
>>>
>>>
>>> The second official lunar from Australia!
>>>
>>
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