[meteorite-list] New conflict concerning the Grefsen mass of the Oslo meteorite

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:29:31 -0700
Message-ID: <D1E1AADB-D7E0-4515-BE84-F330DBFE0B0D_at_meteoriteguy.com>

the main problem is that Knutjurgen has always claimed to be chasing meteorites as a scientist and was able to convince the finder to sell to him to protect it from us "evil dealers". Now look who is just after the money. I was attempting to acquire the mass, and if I had been successful, I assure it would be classified by now.
That being said, I also had a run-in with that woman from the museum, who told me that we must turn all Moss meteorites in to the museum, though not required by law:)
When I asked them if they were going to help us hunt, she said no, and left back to Oslo without spending one second traipsing through the woods like the rest of us did.
No clean hands in this argument. But it is a travesty that he is unwilling to donate some of the 5 kilos for classification and display at the museum.


Michael Farmer

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On Oct 31, 2013, at 9:02 AM, Carl Agee <agee at unm.edu> wrote:

> Martin,
>
> Thanks for posting! I think I was able to decipher the article's
> translation. I am left with the impression that all the Norwegian
> scientists are asking is that the Grefsen be classified?
>
> I did check the MetBull and this is the result: No records found for
> meteorites with names that contain "Grefsen"; No synonyms containing
> "Grefsen" were found.
>
> Seems incredibly short-sighted of the holders of the main mass not to
> want it classified given that all that all they will give up is 20g!
> Plus the value will be enhanced. Furthermore, this is also the type of
> bad behavior that does get attention of government officials, and so
> at some point they may indeed change the current "finder is owner"
> rule to "finder must give all to the Kingdom of Norway".
>
> Or perhaps this is a Norwegian turf war? Perhaps an outsider could
> convince the owners to do the right thing and get it classified. Has
> anyone contacted them?
>
> Carl Agee
>
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> 2013/10/31 karmaka <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de>:
>> New conflict concerning the Grefsen mass of the Oslo meteorite
>>
>> http://translate.google.de/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrk.no%2Fkultur%2Fkritiserer-roed-odegaard-1.11325245
>>
>> Martin
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