[meteorite-list] Meteorite Black Market (CBC News)

From: Brandon <b1dunovant_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 13:02:31 -0600
Message-ID: <C76CF76D-2422-4574-93A2-2A38672F2043_at_aol.com>

Plain ignorant slander!

Reading articles like that really gets my blood boiling. What can be done? This trend is only getting worse and seems to be a problem growing worse each day...and Fall.

Sad.

Brandon D.

On Mar 2, 2013, at 12:55 PM, "Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum" <dorifry at embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Here's a quote from this CBC News article:
>
> "While taking and selling material from meteorites is highly illegal, the New York Times reports that a flourishing global market exists online, with fragments widely available to anyone in the world."
>
> The name of the article is: "Russian meteor fragments cause 'gold rush' on black market"
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/02/russian-meteor-fragments-cause-gold-rush-on-black-market.html
>
>
> Phil Whitmer
> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
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Received on Sat 02 Mar 2013 02:02:31 PM PST