[meteorite-list] Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011
From: Paul H. <inselberg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:18:56 -0500 Message-ID: <20130127151856.X9RF9.48103.imail_at_eastrmwml213> Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011 MENAFN, Muscat Daily, January 25, 2103 http://www.menafn.com/menafn/1093602529/--Oman-contributed-16-of-worlds-meteorite-finds-2011?src=RSS Note that this article states: "''Now, export of any kind of rock is prohibited unless authorised by the relevant authority,'' he said." and "Oman's Mining Law, The Mining Law issued by Royal Decree No 27/2003, prohibits the practice of all rock and mineral and exploratory activities and trading in the same without obtaining permission from the Directorate General of Minerals." Some other older articles. Experts study meteorites, Oman Observer Mon, 17 December 2012 http://main.omanobserver.om/node/133724 Oman is major site for meteor discovery (Country was second only to Antarctica in meteor finds until 2007) Emirates 24/7, October 19, 2010 http://www.emirates247.com/news/oman-is-major-site-for-meteor-discovery-2010-10-19-1.306190 Searching for Meteorites in the Deserts of Oman by Simon Mitton, Live Science, May 18, 2009 http://www.livescience.com/3613-searching-meteorites-deserts-oman.html Related papers are: Korotev, R. L., 2012, Lunar meteorites from Oman. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 47, no 8, pp. 1365?1402 (August 2012) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01393.x/abstract Hofmann, B. A., E. Gnos, A. Al-Kathiri, and A. J. T. Jull, 2006, Meteorite accumulation surfaces in Oman: Main results of Omani-Swiss meteorite search campaigns, 2001-2006. 4th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern 2006. http://geoscience-meeting.scnatweb.ch/sgm2006/SGM06_abstracts/08_OS_Min_Pet/Hofmann_Beda_Talk_or_Poster.pdf Best wishes, Paul H. Received on Sun 27 Jan 2013 10:18:56 AM PST |
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