[meteorite-list] Kosice

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Be careful Michael (Blood),
 
As Mike (Tettenborn) just told you any meteorite found within Slovakia is 
property of the State of Slovakia, therefore any piece being offered to you 
was illegally obtained or exported. 
We don't want the reporter at NewYork Times, or any other journalist, to 
find out that illegal, smuggled meteorites are being bought and sold, and I 
don't want to have to write another rebuttal to defend the Meteorite 
Community. There are in fact few illegal meteorites commonly seen: Berduc from 
Argentina, Sulagiri from India, and Kosice from Slovakia. (Yes, there are others 
but not as often seen). 
Personally, I know that I will not have them in inventory, not worth the 
risk.  
Be careful out there!!!
 
Anne M. Black
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President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
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In a message dated 5/28/2011 5:57:41 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 
mlblood at cox.net writes:
Thanks, Mike,
This agrees with off list comments I have received.
Thanks, again, Michael


On 5/28/11 4:17 AM, "Mike Tettenborn" <tett at rogers.com> wrote:

> Sorry.  Meant to say buzzard is down below $25/gram.  One can get nice 
larger
> stones at around $10/gm.
> 
> Cheers again!
> 
> Mike Tettenborn
> Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
> tett at rogers.com
> 
> 
> 
> On 2011-05-28, at 6:59 AM, Mike Tettenborn wrote:
> 
>> Michael,
>> 
>> About 4kg recovered so far (what I have been able to glean of the web)
>> 
>> H5 ordinary chondrite.  From the few pics I have seen, very similar in
>> appearance to Buzzard Coulee and close in classification.
>> 
>> Most will be owned by Slovakia.  Government laws say meteorites 
recovered in
>> Slovakia are owned by the state.
>> 
>> This stone should be easily worth more than Buzzard Coulee.  Less 
material,
>> harder to get, similar classification, recovered fall, etc..  Buzzard 
started
>> at around $50/gram (small pieces still selling for more) and now is down 
to
>> about $25/gram.  Kosice should be twice this or more if the government 
has
>> grabbed all the stuff.
>> 
>> My Saturday morning pre coffee ramblings.
>> 
>> Cheers!
>> 
>> tett 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2011-05-28, at 5:50 AM, Michael Blood wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi to all,
>>>       I would be interested knowing what people
>>> Think of Kosice and what they think it is worth
>>> Per gram.
>>>       Michael