Chris, haven't you heard the news? All BLM field offices now have electron microprobes and planetary geologists to examine finds......
As one friend of mine recently told me off-list - enforcement of these regulations will be next to impossible. In theory, nothing will change because nobody in the BLM is qualified to determine what is a meteorite and what is not. (unless it's a new fall, and even then, it's just a rock until it's formally analyzed). -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 ------------------------------------------------------------- On 10/2/12, Chris Spratt <[email protected]> wrote: > I always thought that a rock was just a rock, until it is classified > officially as a meteorite. So to me all those "unofficial meteorites" > out there are just rocks, until proven otherwise by rigorous scientific > examination and a subsequent meteorite classification. > > Chris Spratt > Victoria, BC > ______________________________________________ > > 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
