[meteorite-list] Indian Meteorite- anyone going-Travel WARNING for the area.
From: joseph_town_at_att.net <joseph_town_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:20 2004 Message-ID: <20031003030610.E95775370B_at_pairlist.net> Yeah right. Russia has the same policy.... Bill Kieskowski > 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 > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Thu 02 Oct 2003 11:06:07 PM PDT |
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