Commonly known meteorites from India are illegal without export permits, but yet Suligiri and now Katol is offered by many IMCA members. Guess the meteorite police, IMCA member and seller of this Jason Utas needs to add himself to his blacklist for selling illegal meteorites!
Greg Catterton www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WanderingStarMeteorites ----- Original Message ----- From: Me Teor <[email protected]> To: Shawn Alan <[email protected]> Cc: Meteorite Central <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:39 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Katol India meteorite - Forbidden Fruit Dear Shawn You are absolutely correct. It is illegal to collect meteorites in India. And meteorites are government property. The authority for this is the Geological Survey of India. And as far as I know, they never trade or deal with any individuals or private institutions. There cannot be any export papers as export is banned. Although I wonder how having a export paper or certificate helps ? If a specimen is up for sale, it is definitely out of the country and has been exported. By the way does anyone have a analysis report on this new find ? M.E. On 14-Jul-2012, at 3:32 AM, Shawn Alan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Listers, > >> From my understanding, meteorites that fell or are found after 1885 in India >> would be forwarded to the Government Geological Museum which would take over >> possession of the meteorite? If so, how is Katol exempt from this, or was >> Katol sold by the Museum? For those who have gotten some of this meteorite >> fall, will their meteorites come with export papers like how Canadian falls >> are handled? > > Shawn Alan > IMCA 1633 > eBay store > http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html? > http://www.meteoritefalls.com/ > ______________________________________________ > > 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
