[meteorite-list] Fw: Fragments recovered from the January 17fireball

[Thomas Österberg]

Hi List and Martin,



I certainly agree with you! The best thing would be if the Danish 
authorities quickly revised their laws regarding meteorites, allowing 
private hunters and collectors to keep at least a portion of their findings. 
Perhaps something similar to the situation in Canada, where meteorite 
collectors can get permission to keep and to export their meteorites if they 
only cooperate with Canadian museums and authorities and are willingly to 
let some time pass.



It would be interesting to know about Mr. Haacks opinion in this matter!



On contrary, here in Sweden the situation is the quite opposite.  There are 
no laws governing meteorite collecting, as far as I know. You can keep your 
findings, and do what you want to do with them, as long you have spoken with 
the local land owner and got his permission.



Happy hunting!



Thomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin Altmann" <altmann at meteorite-martin.de>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 2:39 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fragments recovered from the January 
17fireball


Hi Thomas,

>About Danish rules for collecting and exporting meteorites I think I've
read
>somewhere that the situatuon is similar to Canada. You have to get a
>permission to be able to legally export a Danish meteorite.

According Schmitt's article in MAPS, there is an "Museum act" in Denmark,
which says, that all Danish meteorites have to be delivered to a museum,
and the finder gets only an allowance for the expenses to find and to
deliver the specimens, but zero reward.

Hence, if that is true at all, it certainly would not be interesting to work
on that fall for professional and experienced hunters - so Henning Haack and
colleagues would have to try to find it and to increase the tkw by their
own.

A pity and less promising, as if professionals would attend to - especially
if I see, how the tkws of the European falls only of this decade were
multiplied or how some of them were recovered at all with their help...but
these are the laws.

Hope the Danish laws will be revised.
or better, I hope next fall will occur in Sweden ;-)

Best!
Martin