[meteorite-list] Uh! Oh!

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:44:15 +0200
Message-ID: <002701ce3c64$ba3eb130$2ebc1390$_at_de>

Sorry,

(apart from this adding up at least as much as the meteorite laws Anne
defends),
please don't do it like Anne did.

Turkey is known for more than ten years to have made series of arrests for
the same reasons. Turkey is very popular in Europe for beach holidays and
family vacations (cause cheaper and better service than e.g. Greece).
Never pick up stones from the beach as souvenirs!

The most uproar here in Germany was, when a father was arrested for his
9-years-old sun having picked up an amorphous stone of marble at the beach.
(Where later an "expert" commission decided (I doubt, they could have proved
it), that it could stem from a base of an antique statue).

Such cases happen a dozen times per year, usually they are "solved" for
foreign tourists with an imprisonment on remand of up to half a year in a
Turkish jail and a fine of ca. 10,000$.
(Same applies to accidentally picked up fossils).

Martin


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Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Anne
Black
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. April 2013 20:09
An: countdeiro at earthlink.net; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh!

Sorry, but this does not add up.
I have been to Turkey twice, beautiful country, very friendly people. I have
bought minerals, some multi-colored marbles, picked up some blue serpentine
on the side of the road, and had no problem at all bringing them back.
I also visited many archaeological sites, but I certainly would never pick
up anything there.

I wonder what his "stones" look like!


Anne M. Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
IMPACTIKA at aol.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net>
To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 10:48 am
Subject: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh!


Hello Listees,

Take a look at how Turkey is handling "rock collectors". And this one a
tourist!


http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/22013551/us-tourist-faces-jail-in-turkey-for-co
llecting-beach-stones#axzz2QpOTN1Sq

"It will never be he same."

Count Deiro
IMCA 3536 MetSoc
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