Yeah right. Russia has the same policy.... Bill Kieskowski
> The Indian government has a publication (a copy of which I obtained from > Mike Farmer) on that country's archive of meteorites for research. In it > they state the gvt. policy that all meteorites found in that country are > property of the gvt. BY LAW and can be traded only by their research > facilities. Anyone have an update on this policy? > > Ron Hartman > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "almitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "David Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Atul Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 8:22 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Indian Meteorite- anyone going-Travel WARNING > for the area. > > > > Hi Dave and all, > > > > I can personally vouch for Atul's sincerity and kindness and just wanting > to help > > anyone wanting to go over there and hunt. It never hurts to have contacts > and I know > > that Atul's only motivation was and is for peoples safety as well as > getting them to > > the fall more effectively. Every country has it protocols and customs > (drinking goat > > milk or was that eating goat meat, was it goat meat?? :-) and it is a good > idea to > > know them if you go there. Better to have friends helping you out than > have something > > bad happen trying to track meteorites down. It can sometimes be dangerous. > > > > Atul is a collector/aficionado and has bought some nice specimens from me > and educates > > with them. I know the Calumet Astronomical Society thinks highly of him as > well. > > > > I agree Dave that if the hunters planned to go they would have had the > tickets bought > > but it still wouldn't be too late to contact Atul and let him help you > out. Many of > > the hunters check the mailing list from remote sites. All my best! > > > > --AL > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
