[meteorite-list] Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011

From: Paul H. <inselberg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:18:56 -0500
Message-ID: <20130127151856.X9RF9.48103.imail_at_eastrmwml213>

Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011
MENAFN, Muscat Daily, January 25, 2103
http://www.menafn.com/menafn/1093602529/--Oman-contributed-16-of-worlds-meteorite-finds-2011?src=RSS
 
Note that this article states:
 
"''Now, export of any kind of rock is prohibited unless
 authorised by the relevant authority,'' he said."
 
and
 
"Oman's Mining Law, The Mining Law issued by Royal
Decree No 27/2003, prohibits the practice of all rock
and mineral and exploratory activities and trading in
the same without obtaining permission from the
Directorate General of Minerals."

Some other older articles.

Experts study meteorites, Oman Observer
Mon, 17 December 2012
http://main.omanobserver.om/node/133724

Oman is major site for meteor discovery (Country
was second only to Antarctica in meteor finds
until 2007) Emirates 24/7, October 19, 2010
http://www.emirates247.com/news/oman-is-major-site-for-meteor-discovery-2010-10-19-1.306190
 
Searching for Meteorites in the Deserts of Oman
by Simon Mitton, Live Science, May 18, 2009
http://www.livescience.com/3613-searching-meteorites-deserts-oman.html

Related papers are:

Korotev, R. L., 2012, Lunar meteorites from Oman.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 47, no 8,
pp. 1365?1402 (August 2012)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01393.x/abstract

Hofmann, B. A., E. Gnos, A. Al-Kathiri, and A. J. T. Jull,
2006, Meteorite accumulation surfaces in Oman: Main
results of Omani-Swiss meteorite search campaigns,
2001-2006. 4th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern 2006.
http://geoscience-meeting.scnatweb.ch/sgm2006/SGM06_abstracts/08_OS_Min_Pet/Hofmann_Beda_Talk_or_Poster.pdf

Best wishes,
 
Paul H.
Received on Sun 27 Jan 2013 10:18:56 AM PST


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