>Does this mean that specimens of Kamil in private hands are illegal? >(i.e. Berduc)
Of course I absolutely don't think that: The illegal event (of course only for the Egyptian authorities and law) was only from the persons who went after our mission without permission to the Kamil Crater site and collected a lot of meteorites. Giancarlo >----Messaggio originale---- >Da: [email protected] >Data: 01/08/2010 16.44 >A: "[email protected]"<[email protected]> >Cc: "[email protected]"<meteorite-l...@meteoritecentral. com> >Ogg: Re: [meteorite-list] I: Re: Writing on Gebel Kamil iron > >Hi Giancarlo and List, > >What an interesting and unfortunate development. Most meteorite >collectors and dealers were unaware of the situation at Kamil crater. > >For those on the List who cannot read Italian, here is a Google >translated version of the forum discussion - > >http://tinyurl.com/29qqopq > >Does this mean that specimens of Kamil in private hands are illegal? >(i.e. Berduc) > >Best regards, > >MikeG > >PS - If these are illegal, then for once, I am glad I didn't receive >any of this iron and don't have any. > > >On 8/1/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sorry, I forgot: the forum is essentially in Italian. >> >> Giancarlo >> >> >> >>>----Messaggio originale---- >>>Da: [email protected] >>>Data: 01/08/2010 9.24 >>>A: "[email protected]"<meteorite-l...@meteoritecentral. >> com> >>>Ogg: Re: [meteorite-list] Writing on Gebel Kamil iron >>> >>>Sorry, but I cannot help you. >>> >>>All the meteorites now on the market are illegally collected and sold >> because >>>evidently some persons a little time after our expedition give the position >>> >> of >>>the crater and of the meteorites. >>> >>>In fact after our February 2010 mission all the area was declared from the >>>military autorities off limits and no permission are released to anybody. >>> >>>But clearly some persons went illegally in the area without any permission >> and >>>they collected many meteorite samples to put its in the market, and >> evidently >>>numbered some samples. >>> >>>The true history about what happened is online in the forum of my website: >>> >>>http://www.zerzuraclub.org/index.php? >>>option=com_fireboard&func=view&id=923&catid=4&Itemid=74#923 >>> >>>Giancarlo Negro >>> >>> >>> >>>>Aloha, >>> >>>A good friend who acquired a Gebel Kamil iron from me recently noticed some >>> >>>writing on it that is visible only in certain viewing angles and lighting. >>> >>>It >>>appears to say SE A8 or SE 48. Does anyone on the list have any knowledge >>>of >>>this writing or what it could mean? >>> >>>http://astroday.net/Images/gebel.jpg >>> >>>Gary Fujihara >>>Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) >>>105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 >>>http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ >>>http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html >>>(808) 640-9161< >>> >>> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > > >-- >------------------------------------------------------------ >Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites >http://www.galactic-stone.com >http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >------------------------------------------------------------ > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
