Sorry, (apart from this adding up at least as much as the meteorite laws Anne defends), please don't do it like Anne did.
Turkey is known for more than ten years to have made series of arrests for the same reasons. Turkey is very popular in Europe for beach holidays and family vacations (cause cheaper and better service than e.g. Greece). Never pick up stones from the beach as souvenirs! The most uproar here in Germany was, when a father was arrested for his 9-years-old sun having picked up an amorphous stone of marble at the beach. (Where later an "expert" commission decided (I doubt, they could have proved it), that it could stem from a base of an antique statue). Such cases happen a dozen times per year, usually they are "solved" for foreign tourists with an imprisonment on remand of up to half a year in a Turkish jail and a fine of ca. 10,000$. (Same applies to accidentally picked up fossils). Martin -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Anne Black Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. April 2013 20:09 An: [email protected]; [email protected] Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh! Sorry, but this does not add up. I have been to Turkey twice, beautiful country, very friendly people. I have bought minerals, some multi-colored marbles, picked up some blue serpentine on the side of the road, and had no problem at all bringing them back. I also visited many archaeological sites, but I certainly would never pick up anything there. I wonder what his "stones" look like! Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Count Deiro <[email protected]> To: meteorite-list <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 10:48 am Subject: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh! Hello Listees, Take a look at how Turkey is handling "rock collectors". And this one a tourist! http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/22013551/us-tourist-faces-jail-in-turkey-for-co llecting-beach-stones#axzz2QpOTN1Sq "It will never be he same." Count Deiro IMCA 3536 MetSoc ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
