WHERE HUNTING was [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunters Released from Oman

[michel FRANCO]

Dear Adam and list

TKS for the good news.

This past event makes me think more about meteorite hunting in deserts (
Sahara, Arabic peninsula, etc...)

I think it will be great to have the exact knowledge of the different
laws ruling our known hunting places, and other potentially rich in
meteorites countries. I am think of  Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mali,
Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunesia, Western Sahara.

I only know that Algeria forbids  prospecting for meteorites inside its
borders. 
I have heard that it is the same in Tunesia.

Best regards

Michel FRANCO
www.caillou-noir.com


> -----Message d'origine-----
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> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] De la 
> part de Adam Hupe
> Envoyé : vendredi 13 mai 2005 04:18
> À : meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Objet : [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunters Released from Oman
> 
> 
> Dear List,
> 
> I just heard from a reliable source some good news, the ten 
> individuals that were caught meteorite hunting in Oman have 
> been released.  Just a week ago I heard from the same source 
> they were being charged with three different felonies so it 
> did not look good at that time making their release an 
> unexpected surprise.  I guess they had been living on credit 
> cards for some time while waiting for their passports to be 
> returned.  From what I am lead to believe they had to forfeit 
> all of their equipment; trucks, supplies and the meteorites 
> in order to leave.  I guess the poor guys were only allowed 
> to leave with the shirts on their backs.
> 
> I was told last week that the Omani government fined them 
> $35.00 a gram for the meteorites they took which was over 40 
> kilos amounting to about US $1,400,000.00.  This amount seem 
> ludicrous to me but shows what kind of
> value the people of Oman place on their meteorites.   I also 
> heard that an
> Omani guide connected to the Swiss was responsible for 
> turning them in.
> 
> I hope the most recent update is accurate, I feel it is.
> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Adam
> 
> 
> 
> 
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