[meteorite-list] meteorite hunting in Western Australia

[Armando Afonso]

Museum???
I thought that the right place for those things was ebay.
Scratch, scratch...
AA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Göran Axelsson" <axelsson at acc.umu.se>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] meteorite hunting in Western Australia


> Thanks for all the tips about Western Australian meteorites and tektites.
> I haven't answered most of the mails I got, I'm a bit sporadically 
> connected to the net while on the road but I read all and appreciate them. 
> I have taken your advice in consideration.
>
> Advices ranged from "you are not allowed to touch them" to "Strange rocks 
> are okay to collect"... even from one of the staff of the Perth Museum. 
> "Put it in your pocket and don't tell anyone" was his reply... and then he 
> laughed, "I've been in the desert all my life and I've never seen a 
> meteorite. Good luck!"
>
> I will still go east to see Kalgoorlie and the mining towns in the desert. 
> I will hunt for some australites and see if I can find any good mineral 
> collecting places. Dig for some gold and just have a nice time. If I 
> happens to stumble onto a suspected meteorite then I have to decide if I 
> just leave it or bring it back to the museum. So far none have been able 
> to cite the law so all I have is advice... guess it all boils down to 
> common sense.
> I have a GPS, extra batteries, zip lock bags and a pen to mark the bags. 
> So if I happens to find a meteorite then I can take good care of it and 
> deliver it to the museum.
>
> /Goran
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