[meteorite-list] WG: Asian falls

[Martin Altmann]

Because I'm very content with Canada.

They learned from the Tagish Lake debacle.
And eased afterwards the strictest interpretation, their laws allowed in
practice.
With better results following.
Buzzard Coulee got therefore a much higher tkw and a better availability for
everyone, institutions and private collectors;
you saw how suddenly new masses of Springwater were found;
or remember that crater building iron - I forgot the name.

Never the right of ownership was challenged by Canadian laws, but only what
finders could do with their property, in past leading to such bizarre
situations, that the owner of the second St-Robert stone, desperately wanted
to sell, but was not able to do so, because no Canadian institute was
interested in, although he asked not more the Canadian survey had paid for
the 1st stone, but on the other hand, wasn't allowed to sell it outside of
Canada - a legally more than unsatisfying situation.
  
Meanwhile Canadian institutes allow export clearance for all stones, they
don't need.
O.k. it's somewhat uncomfortable and takes time, but it is fair.
They pay very fair prices for Canadian finds, if they decide to acquire
them. (not anymore that funny reward proposed on radio: 100$ per stone found
of Tagish Lake ;-).

And you don't have to forget, that in contrast to such countries with
prohibition like Algeria, Poland, Argentina with all in all no scientific
interest in meteorites, or countries with constitutionally more than
problematic laws like Australia and so on,
the Canadians maintain a real good meteorite science and a vivid
institutional collecting,
of course also including the important hot desert finds.

So all in all, Canada would be a very good example (unfortunately so far the
ooonly example) for meteoricists like e.g. Bevan, suffering under the
unreasonable legislation of their countries, how it could be done better.

Best!
Martin



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[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Chris
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Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Dezember 2010 01:26
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Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] WG: Asian falls

You left out Canada.

Chris
(Via my iPhone)
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