[meteorite-list] New BLM regs: Tempest in a teacup?

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 15:54:41 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW8RWVU5jpBepUy7Z73jJmuAy_Tku3dK5wshQ88pUnJLoQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

Chris, haven't you heard the news? All BLM field offices now have
electron microprobes and planetary geologists to examine finds......

As one friend of mine recently told me off-list - enforcement of these
regulations will be next to impossible. In theory, nothing will
change because nobody in the BLM is qualified to determine what is a
meteorite and what is not. (unless it's a new fall, and even then,
it's just a rock until it's formally analyzed).

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On 10/2/12, Chris Spratt <cspratt at islandnet.com> wrote:
> I always thought that a rock was just a rock,  until it is classified
> officially as a meteorite. So to me all those "unofficial meteorites"
> out there are just rocks, until proven otherwise by rigorous scientific
> examination and a subsequent meteorite classification.
>
> Chris Spratt
> Victoria, BC
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Received on Tue 02 Oct 2012 03:54:41 PM PDT