Re: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh!

2013-04-20 Thread Adam Hupe
It is simple.  Laws used to to protect artifacts have been twisted to include meteorites. Adam - Original Message - From: bill kies To: Adam Hupe Cc: "meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com" Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 11:46 PM Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh! So Ada

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2013-04-19 Thread bill kies
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:08:23 -0700 > From: raremeteori...@yahoo.com > To: meteoritem...@gmail.com > CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh! > > > > Florida Artifact Bust: > http://ens-newswire.com/2013/02/28/florida-busts-artifact

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2013-04-19 Thread cdtucson
Adam, I agree with the authorities in this case. They were right to make arrests. What bothers me is your statement that meteorites are now "Cultural property" because of coarse they are NOT! Question; Are meteorites really considered to be "cultural property"? Because if they are unless they

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2013-04-19 Thread Adam Hupe
Florida Artifact Bust: http://ens-newswire.com/2013/02/28/florida-busts-artifact-thieves-who-damaged-lands-waters/   http://www.gainesville.com/article/20130227/wire/130229559   Utah Artifact Busts: http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=6771105   Unless you want a 10-year jail sentence here in the U.S.

Re: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh!

2013-04-19 Thread Adam Hupe
The poorly interpreted and recently twisted U.S. laws are nearly as strict.  Give it a few more years.  Now that meteorites are considered cultural property, we will be hearing  a lot more about this subject. When artifacts and rocks (meteorites) are treated the same, so will the jail terms.  Th

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2013-04-19 Thread plagioklas
tlist Datum: 19.04.2013 15:41 Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh! > Hi folks, > > Just my input about "stones" from Turkey. Recently the highest police > officer from the canton of Valais in Switzerland was arrested in Turkey > (carrying a stone most probably a pi

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2013-04-19 Thread Stalder Thomas
___ From: Martin Altmann To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh! Hi Count, yep you're right, I'm no diplomat. (And - viziers and consuls - here in Germany with its baleful history, we have

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2013-04-19 Thread Martin Altmann
teoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh! Hallo Martin, I said meteorite to him and the answer was "no". I don't want to call attention to myself by asking for a further clarification. My feeling is that he would take offense at my having the impudence (Frechheit) to quo

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2013-04-18 Thread Count Deiro
-Original Message- >From: Martin Altmann >Sent: Apr 18, 2013 12:14 PM >To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh! > >Hi Count, > >maybe you could ask the consul again, to give you the respective law? > >Decisive is the Law

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2013-04-18 Thread Martin Altmann
uftrag von Count Deiro Gesendet: Donnerstag, 18. April 2013 20:31 An: Anne Black; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh! Dear Anne, In reading the story, the two suspected artifacts are described in the body of the article. I have contacted the Turkish Cultural

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2013-04-18 Thread Martin Altmann
list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh! Sorry, but this does not add up. I have been to Turkey twice, beautiful country, very friendly people. I have bought minerals, some multi-colored marbles, picked up some blue serpentine on the side of the road, and had no problem at all b

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2013-04-18 Thread Count Deiro
net, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh! > >Sorry, but this does not add up. >I have been to Turkey twice, beautiful country, very friendly people. I >have bought minerals, some multi-colored marbles, picked up some blue >serpentine on the side o

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2013-04-18 Thread Anne Black
sites, but I certainly would never pick up anything there. I wonder what his "stones" look like! Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com impact...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Count Deiro To: meteorite-list Sent: Thu, Apr 18, 2013 10:48 am Subject: [meteorite-list] Uh! Oh! Hel

[meteorite-list] Uh! Oh!

2013-04-18 Thread Count Deiro
Hello Listees, Take a look at how Turkey is handling "rock collectors". And this one a tourist! http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/22013551/us-tourist-faces-jail-in-turkey-for-collecting-beach-stones#axzz2QpOTN1Sq "It will never be he same." Count Deiro IMCA 3536 MetSoc ___