[meteorite-list] Australian Monash University Meteorite Recovery Program is under threat

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 10:18:13 -0500
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW8O2Q2XZ6gaSGDXnTKMuvACQ4tSkF6=gEufn2cnchB0cg_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Ian,

Well said. I agree that Australia should protect it's borders to
prevent massive outflow of meteorites to foreign destinations - one
could argue the dynamic of it, but in the end, the meteorites end up
leaving and most don't come back. But, the government should not
deter it's own citizens from finding them. By allowing private
hunters (Australian hunters) to keep their finds, or at least get fair
value for them, then everybody comes out a winner. Canada keeps a
tight lid on things, but they also compensate private hunters in a way
that is mostly considered fair. Their method appears to be working.

Best regards,

MikeG


On 2/3/15, ian macleod via Meteorite-list
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> Hi all. In response to MikeG
>
>
>
>>>But, one has to wonder - if Australia's
> laws were not so restrictive, private hunters would be recovering and
> classifying more Australian meteorites than the scientists would have
> time to examine.
>
> I could not agree more in regards to state laws and regulations. National
> Heritage laws in regards to meteorite export....that's a different matter. I
> think that a country should be able to protect meteorites found on its
> soil.
>
> Imagine someone jumping your fence and stealing a meteorite off of your
> lawn?
>
> Well Australia is a complicated land lacking in resources sometimes to
> classify meteorites.
>
> In the long history of things you will find that our laws in part stemmed
> from the poor actions of certain Americans that chose not to respect a
> particular state Museum.
>
> So the actions of a few have effected all.
>
> I have it on good authority from more than one source that meteorites are
> being stolen out of Australia and then being miss classified with incorrect
> locations and names.
>
> We need as a international community re-earn the trust of the officials
> here
>
> if we are as a community to slow the trend of state monopoly ownership of
> meteorites
> We need to be less worried about the bottom line and more about science
>
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Ian
>
> 8013
>
>
>
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