> > Hi all! Happy Thanks Giving to all of our American Friends! > > As for the individual on you tube who 'Claims' to be finding meteorites in > Western Australia, my father Graham and I saw him on you tube about 2 weeks > ago. We watched his first video and it was a painful few minutes of listening > to him ramble on in his car, of what hunting we did see....it was a few > seconds of collecting earth rocks on a wet salt lake bed in Western Australia. > > > In South Australia and Western Australia, if someone finds a meteorite they > must present them to the Museum of the State where they were found. The laws > are more relaxed in other states and Territories e.g. NT where certain zones > are off limits like Henbury. > > My advice to everyone, and please pass this on to on-list members...is if you > are in Australia or international and someone offers you a meteorite found in > Western Australia and or South Australia and its not a Cook 007 or > Mundrubilla (any of the many well known common market meteorites), then > please report them to the Museum of Western Australia or South Australia > > There is no point of having a unclassified stone in our collections (unless > is a big pretty OC UNWA lol), lost forever from the knowledge of science. > > Im talking about new discoveries not well known and documented meteorites... > > Take care > > Ian Macleod > > IMCA 8013 ______________________________________________
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