Mmhmm....I highly doubt the Smithsonian is unable to make a
determination of law or conducts business by prevailing rumors.
Anyway......
Good weekend / d,
On Feb 12, 2010, at 2:32 PM, Adam Hupe wrote:
Hi Darryl and List,
I do not know why the Smithsonian seems to have a problem with NWA,
you will have to ask them. I do know they have accepted some NWA
material into there collection as a donation. I asked two different
curators and got two varying opinions nether of which suggested they
were illegal. It may be that they are overly cautious, cannot find
any laws regarding them or simply listen to rumors. A simple call to
the Moroccan embassy should straighten it out.
Best Regards,
Adam
----- Original Message ----
From: Darryl Pitt <[email protected]>
To: Adam Hupe <[email protected]>
Cc: Adam <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri, February 12, 2010 11:04:55 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteorites-- don't take them
for granite!
Hi Adam....
Hoping all is well...
If the issue below was as clear-cut as suggested, why then does
Smithsonian policy prohibit the acquisition of planetary NWAs? My
impression, and I could be mistaken, is that the country of export
(Morocco) is less relevant than the countries in the NWA corridor
from where said objects were first recovered.
Anyway.....
All best / Darryl
========
On Feb 12, 2010, at 1:18 PM, Adam Hupe wrote:
It makes no difference whatsoever whether a meteorite is classified
or not when originating from Northwest Africa as far as legalities
go. People who spread the rumor that the export of meteorites from
Morocco are illegal seem to have an agenda. A dealer once tried to
make it so you needed a special permit but this failed. I believe
this was to get an exclusive on material coming out of NWA as this
would have served as an effective roadblock to others.
The truth is simple: It is completely legal to obtain meteorites
from Morocco, period!
All the best,
Adam
----- Original Message ----
From: Carl 's <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Fri, February 12, 2010 9:33:18 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteorites-- don't take them
for granite!
Hi Adam, Carl, Peter, All,
That's strange. This is the second time in three weeks I've heard
the NWAs were illegal. At least I think what was meant was the
unclassified NWAs are. Adam, would that make any difference?
Carl2
Adam wrote:
NWA material has been thoroughly checked out by several museums
and does not
present any problem whatsoever...
Carl E. wrote:
With all due respect to you. What on Earth is this supposed to mean?
"dangers of the NWA market."?...
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