[meteorite-list] Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:48:43 -0500
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW9Oz0=qv-tiRZJcriRsYPqieQHM2+XZQOxjA0w4zepEvQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

In other words -

"foreign hunters beware."

Nobody wants to see a nation plundered of it's resources - but closing
off the strewnfields to the majority of hunters and arbitrarily
enforcing the laws is not doing science, collectors, or Oman any good.

Best regards and happy huntings,

MikeG

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On 1/27/13, Paul H. <inselberg at cox.net> wrote:
> 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.
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