[meteorite-list] Customs & meteorites

From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Sep 10 05:44:26 2005
Message-ID: <4322AAF7.50908_at_wanadoo.nl>

Martin wrote:

> (at customs office they are always a little desperate,
> because they don't know to which kind of goods they should
> group meteorites for the paper work, mostly, as I explain
> them, that they contain iron, they decide to number it
> as industrial slag, waste)

I received one parcel with a meteorite slice once, opened by customs and
classified by them as "pottery for decoration" on the accompanying VAT papers.

- Marco :-)


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