[meteorite-list] Indian Meteorite- anyone going-Travel WARNING for the area.

From: Ron Hartman <RNHARTMA_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:20 2004
Message-ID: <003001c3892c$62ce9d20$3f34908c_at_RHARTMAN1>

The Indian government has a publication (a copy of which I obtained from
Mike Farmer) on that country's archive of meteorites for research. In it
they state the gvt. policy that all meteorites found in that country are
property of the gvt. BY LAW and can be traded only by their research
facilities. Anyone have an update on this policy?

Ron Hartman

----- Original Message -----
From: "almitt" <almitt_at_kconline.com>
To: "David Freeman" <dfreeman_at_fascination.com>
Cc: "Atul Kumar" <Atul_at_urisp.com>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Indian Meteorite- anyone going-Travel WARNING
for the area.


> Hi Dave and all,
>
> I can personally vouch for Atul's sincerity and kindness and just wanting
to help
> anyone wanting to go over there and hunt. It never hurts to have contacts
and I know
> that Atul's only motivation was and is for peoples safety as well as
getting them to
> the fall more effectively. Every country has it protocols and customs
(drinking goat
> milk or was that eating goat meat, was it goat meat?? :-) and it is a good
idea to
> know them if you go there. Better to have friends helping you out than
have something
> bad happen trying to track meteorites down. It can sometimes be dangerous.
>
> Atul is a collector/aficionado and has bought some nice specimens from me
and educates
> with them. I know the Calumet Astronomical Society thinks highly of him as
well.
>
> I agree Dave that if the hunters planned to go they would have had the
tickets bought
> but it still wouldn't be too late to contact Atul and let him help you
out. Many of
> the hunters check the mailing list from remote sites. All my best!
>
> --AL
>
>
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Received on Thu 02 Oct 2003 05:29:49 PM PDT