Wonderful news.....it is such an important fall and deserves it's place in the NHM collection. It should attract lots of interest and promote meteoritics well if the reaction of the public is anything to go by when I exhibited my 21g sample of Tissint for the Stargazing Live events at the Long Eaton Academy and at Oxford University, dept. of Astrophysics a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.derbyastronomy.org/StargazingLive2012LongEaton.htm http://mpole2011.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/bbc-stargazing-live-2012/ Here's hoping the BIMS group can organize a group visit when it goes on public display.....any indications when that might happen? Can't wait to see what the scientific studies reveal. Regards, Graham On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 5:35 PM, Adam Hupe <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations to The Natural History Museum on a fine acquisition. I am > pleased to see that a large piece of Tissint (pronounced like peasant with a > "T" instead of a "P") will be preserved and displayed publicly. Thank you, > Caroline for clarifying the museum's position on falls/finds from this region. > > Kindest Regards, > > > Adam > > > > ________________________________ > From: Caroline Smith <[email protected]> > To: Adam Hupe <[email protected]> > Cc: Adam <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 9:14 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Large Tissint donated to the NHM....! > > Adam > > Thank you for your kind words. The Museum is delighted to have acquired such > an important specimen, both for science and our 4.8M visitors/year to enjoy. > > To clarify there is no 'politics' involved here. The Museum has a policy > (derived from UK and international museum policies and standards) that we > cannot acquire meteorites with unclear provenance i.e. NWA meteorites, owing > to the issues of potential illicit or illegal movement across borders where > permits are required for export and/or specimen movement. > > With the Tissint meteorite this is NOT the case as it is a well-provenanced > specimen from Morocco, which as you know, is a country which does not require > permits to export meteorite specimens. > > I hope this clarifies things. > > Regards > > Caroline > ++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Dr Caroline Smith > Curator of Meteorites and Aurora Fellow > Department of Mineralogy > The Natural History Museum > Cromwell Road > London > SW7 5BD > > On 8 Feb 2012, at 17:02, "Adam Hupe" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It is great to see that major museums are setting politics aside and waking >> up to the fact that most of the world's best specimens are coming out of NWA >> these days. >> >> Kind Regards, >> >> Adam >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
