Jeff, Thanks for clearing up the exact numbers! I never realized so many where
found in the Antarctic. .. it makes me even more sure that, since the Antarctic meteorites are already 'protected from private sale', banning collecting would not increase the number available to science, probably the reverse in fact. Unless we suddenly recruited thousands of scientists to scour the deserts and plains for rusty OC's I doubt whether science would find more than the dealers they simply wouldn't have the resources to search the world. I also think that there is little further scientific value to be gained once a fall has been classified, studied and samples put into scientific collections, what would we do you do with the rest of the surplus rock, lock it away so no one else can learn about them? The bottom line is we need the scientists and they need us! Its just a case of finding a happy medium. Legislation not needed. Mark ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list