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

[Ingo Herkstroeter]

>Hi list!

I know one of these unlucky guys, caught in the OMANIAN NIGHTMARE and now
have been released. I will meet him next week (on saturday). Maybe I`ve new
informations about it than....

Ingo/Germany


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> Von: "michel  FRANCO" <michel at caillou-noir.com>
> An: "'Adam Hupe'" <raremeteorites at comcast.net>,
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Betreff: WHERE HUNTING was [meteorite-list] Meteorite Hunters Released
> from	Oman
> Datum: Fri, 13 May 2005 09:55:03 +0200
> 
> 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-----
> > De : meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com 
> > [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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