[meteorite-list] BLM Law vs Type Sample

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 21:16:32 +0200
Message-ID: <00ba01cda0d2$6f222f20$4d668d60$_at_de>

"to provoke the intellectual minds.."

My intellect is anyway too small for these new rules.

Wasn't it so in your country,
That until now an Irving, a Bunch, a Wasson, a Garvie and so on... and
nobody else,
determined a rock to be a meteorite?

So in any case, when you go on BLM land, in first instance you will be
always collecting rocks there and not meteorites,
Therefore these rules do not apply.

Or do BLM or FED officers in the field exist, who could tell a chondrite
apart from a terrestrial rock or who could identify an achondrite by visual
inspection?

Could be a field of job creation: Federal Meteorite Ranger!


????

(Ehm... the first US lunar will have a weight of 76 kgs. Do I have to smash
the stone in pieces, to harvest year by year the allowed weight limit?
Also it's said, that the permit fees could be calculated as a percentage of
a fair market value - WHEN will I be charged? Do I have a chance to
organize a loan, or do I have to commit suicide, because I simply won't have
the percentage of the value of the 76kgs US-lunar at hand?
Can I invite laymen to go hunting with me, who don't need a permit, as they
aren't commercial dealers? They could transfer ownership of the finds to me
in giving the finds as a gift to me, which would be no bartering.)

Seems a little bit callow, the whole affair.

That the permit fee is a kind of an extra-tax,
Phht...it's o.k.
Say I, greeting from a country where the tax&dues quote fairly exceeds
>>50%.

;-)
Martin


-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Greg
Hup?
Gesendet: Dienstag, 2. Oktober 2012 20:03
An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: [meteorite-list] BLM Law vs Type Sample

The more I digest all of the new and clear BLM regs concerning meteorites
and their distribution/handling, the more I wonder how that effects those
who get meteorites classified that are found on BLM land. As we know, a
scientific type sample is REQUIRED in order to get any meteorite classified
and approved by the NomCom. In a way, the type sample may be considered
'bartering' in order for the meteorite to be recognized by the meteorite
community. There are many American meteorites that are found on BLM land
that reside in museums, were they donated with a later tax write-off for the
individual finder/donator? Did the museum trade for said meteorite, if so,
that is a no-no!!

These are just a couple of quick thoughts to provoke the intellectual minds
of our scientist and museum curator friends to discuss. Since I serious
doubt any BLM main office is going to give us lowly occasional hunters the
time of day, maybe our community is better served by those professionals who
work with bureaucrats on a daily basis so our thoughts and concerns can be
addressed more clearly and not on an Internet forum such as here!

The American Meteorite Community: Between a Rock and a Hard Place...
Greg

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