[meteorite-list] Man Claims Rockhaven Meteorite Find

[Chris Spratt]

I've been questioned on my last post. My self and a fellow collector 
(also a Canadian) queried about re-exporting a repatriated
Canadian meteorite and received this from Richard Herd curator of the 
National Meteorite Collection in Ottawa.


"Once Canadian meteorites are repatriated, they become as they always 
were: cultural property (any mass even a nanogram) and subject to the 
Cultural Property Export and Import Act (1977); they need a permit to be 
re-exported regardless of their provenance/collection history. There has 
been debate about the so-called 35-year rule."

Chris. Spratt
Victoria, BC
Canada