[meteorite-list] Daule Ecuador Fall Recovered

[Impactika at aol.com]

Welcome to the MetList Jose.
 
I am sorry you are disappointed by the way the first meteorite of Ecuador 
was recovered. But look at it this way: one mass is staying in Ecuador, 
hopefully it will soon be on display in a Museum. And there is still one mass 
waiting to be recovered, maybe you will be the one to find it, and then you 
could be in a position to accomplish something few have done: improve the laws 
in one country.
 
Just think about this. This is certainly not the only meteorite to have 
ever fallen in Ecuador, there must be many more, but no one has ever thought of 
looking for them, and if the police keeps on confiscating any new 
discovery, there will be no incentive for anyone to look for them. But since you are 
educated and know what meteorites are, what they mean to sciences, maybe you 
could be the one who could explain to people in power, maybe a Museum of 
Natural History in Quito.that there is a much better way to address the 
problem. For instance, you could suggest that the Museum makes a deal with people 
who find meteorites, the finder keeps half and the Museum gets half. I know 
some finders want to keep all but that is a selfish attitude. 
 
Obviously we don't know if the Museum would accept that deal, but you will 
not know until you ask. Maybe they will say no, but if you can convince 
them, you will set a great example for many other countries to follow.  
 
Best of luck to you.
 
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/) 
_IMPACTIKA at aol.com_ (mailto:IMPACTIKA at aol.com) 
Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
_http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/) 
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In a message dated 11/4/2009 10:38:21 PM Mountain Standard Time, 
jose118 at hotmail.com writes:
Hello list members,

Right now I had a mix of feelings. I'm happy to know that the meteorite on 
my homecountry, Ecuador, is been studied, but at the same time I'm so sad to 
know that I will not be able to get a piece of it, or to know that maybe 
some day I'll need to pay for something that fell in my country. According to 
what I read about this meteorite and what the videos said about it, is that 
Ecuadorian authorities made a preleminary study of the "rock" in about 10 
minutes (!!!), then they try to compare it with a meteorite that fell on 
Morocco (how many meteorites fell on Morocco??!!!!) that has similar 
characteristics...HAHAHA...I hate the way how Rony (who calls himself astronaut, instead 
of cosmonaut), just because people in my country don't know about the 
topic, lie to people. Yes, it is a meteorite, but no one can said that a 
meteorite has similar characteristics with another in less than a few 
hours!!!...Between EXA and the astronomical observatory they were argueing about who must 
hav
e this meteorite. But now I know, with great dissapointment, who has it and 
where it is. In this case, I'm agree with the laws that Argentina has about 
meteorites. I feel like all my effort to finish college (Aerospace 
Engineering) and try to share my knowledge with people in my homecountry has been 
destroyed with people and actions like this!!!

Jose Villavicencio