Take it or Leave it! That is how it is here. Dave, what about the other countries? Feel the same?
Exporting Rocks, Minerals, Meteorites and Tektites from Canada http://miac.uqac.ca/MIAC/export.htm Roman Jirasek www.meteoritelabels.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "meteorite-list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 1:02 AM Subject: [Fwd: Re: [meteorite-list] Conservation of Meteorites] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Conservation as in lock them up for science? Yes, the Canadian > government is very active....just ask a few list members...how do we > spell "Tagish Lake"? For you new met. list members, Tagish Lake landed > on a frozen lake and by the time acadamia got their act together, the > lake had thawed and the majority of meteorites went to the bottom. Some > conservation act there. The Canadien Government won a "Harvey Award" > a year ago in Tucson for this bungle. Canada already is heavily into the > conservation mode. Even private land meteorites in Canada are not the > propert owners to own, in the name of conservation...... > Bar code all of our private specimens! Makes it easier for the meteorite > police to locate them. I personally see the term "conservation" as > very threatening....What I find, I offer my part (10%) as type specimen > deposit for science but do not think science should control meteorites > as they have the public land vertibrate fossils. Sort of borders on > communism to my way of thinking. > > Just my opinion, I think that term "conservation" has a very negative tone. > > Dave F. pro~private > collecting~free~enterprize~let~conservation~collect~its~own. The > Smithsonian is turning away common H and L's now anyways I have heard. > > > Nicholas Gessler wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > As a slight digression from a post on the "aims of the IMCA," > > I'd like to initiate some discussion on meteorite conservation. > > > > I used to be a museum director/curator and conservator of > > "conventional" archaeological and ethnographic items. > > I know there has been some discussion on meteorite "conservation" and > > I wonder if anyone is gathering this information in one place? > > > > I may go down to the Getty Conservation Institute and see what they > > have to say. > > I know the Canadian Conservation Institute is quite active. > > But I don't think either of them have addressed the conservation of > > meteorites, at least not yet! > > > > Perhaps I should start an information page on the subject. > > What I would like to see are scientific papers on the pros and cons of > > various techniques. > > Especially important would be comparative tests of different techniques. > > > > If anyone could forward citations on any relevant published papers, I > > would be pleased to put them on the Web. > > > > Best wishes, > > Nick > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > 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
