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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM Law vs Type Sample
Very amusing (and valid) points, Martin! Nobody likes to be subjected to new
rules and restrictions, and it's easy to speculate about the potential pitfalls
of the new BLM rules, but I tend to agree with Norm. If the Feds were really
List,
I approached the BLM for clarification on two specific points: 1)
Casual trading of meteorites for other meteorites between individuals
and institutions, and 2) Donation/trade of a type specimen for
classification purposes. Please allow me to share the results of that
inquiry.
On item 1,
Hi Greg and List (again),
I hope we don't see BLM meteorites treated (by the scientific
community) the same way meteorites from questionable countries are
treated. In other words, I hope the next BLM find or fall does not
become the next Breja. In Breja we had a new fall that scientists and
to provoke the intellectual minds..
My intellect is anyway too small for these new rules.
Wasn't it so in your country,
That until now an Irving, a Bunch, a Wasson, a Garvie and so on... and
nobody else,
determined a rock to be a meteorite?
So in any case, when you go on BLM land, in first
Very amusing (and valid) points, Martin! Nobody likes to be subjected to new
rules and restrictions, and it's easy to speculate about the potential pitfalls
of the new BLM rules, but I tend to agree with Norm. If the Feds were really
viewing meteorite hunters as public enemy number one, they
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