[meteorite-list] Katol India meteorite - Forbidden Fruit

Sat Jul 14 19:07:23 EDT 2012

I am not attacking you by any means. Not like your blacklist website you have. I am simply pointing out the IMCA has FAILED to police its own members and allow them to sell illegal meteorites! I got my Almahatta Sitta from Anne Black, IMCA VP... Talk to her about the legal issues of it as she sold it to me.
My NWAs are not from Algeria FYI... Please.... lets name some names and make it clear that there is ALOT of illegal meteorites being sold by IMCA members and the group has failed to clean house for the violations of the code of ethics they swear by so much!

Again, this is not about me, this is about YOU and other IMCA members breaking the IMCAs rules and ethics codes and the lack of enforcement the IMCA is showing. Lets be honest, you crucify me for a failed museum I tried to open while YOU ARE SELLING STOLEN METEORITES!!!!!!

Greg Catterton
www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: jason utas <jasonutas at gmail.com>
To: Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: 
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Katol India meteorite - Forbidden Fruit

Greg,
Like your NWA's (maybe from Algeria), Camel Donga (no export permit)
and Almahata Sitta (possibly legal at best) on ebay -- to say nothing
of everyone's Sulagiri and most of the Canyon Diablo on the market
today?  How about those Sikhote's you're offering?  Exported before
Russia cracked down on exports, I take it?  Please.

I can name several people who donated to your museum who you still
haven't refunded.

There's a difference between cheating people and offering a new
meteorite for sale, but I wouldn't expect you to see the difference.

Keep attacking me, and me alone.  We all know what's going on here.

Jason

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Greg Catterton
<star_wars_collector at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 1. You know more then well I was told it was Mifflin. I FULLY REFUNDED EVERYONE. Case closed. YOU can "shove off" I had several still not return material to me even though they were refunded..., including Mike Cottingham, and John Helm.
>
> 2. I spent several thousand of my money to try to open the museum. It failed. What can I say? I tried... Again, you can "shove off"
> 3. I have returned EVERYTHING donated minus one person who I have talked to about it. YOU did nothing yet run your mouth... again, "shove off...
>
> 4. WHAT I DID/DO DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT THAT YOU SELLING ILLEGALLY EXPORTED MATERIAL AND KNOW AS MUCH!!! I didnt know about the mifflin, you know the laws about this, and choose to ignore it!
>
> your comments are pathetic. YOU are breaking international laws, and are an IMCA member to boot... Where is the IMCA right now when you are selling ILLEGALLY EXPORTED METEORITES? What are they going to do with you breaking numerous IMCA rules? ANYONE from the IMCA care to comment or will they remain quite as that usually do when one of the good ol boys break the rules?
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> Greg Catterton
> www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com
> On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites
> On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WanderingStarMeteorites
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: jason utas <jasonutas at gmail.com>
> To: Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Cc:
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 6:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Katol India meteorite - Forbidden Fruit
>
> Hello Greg,
> The gall you must have to pass on thousands of dollars of fake
> material, take donations for a good cause, flake on the cause (but
> keep many of the donations) and then rag on me for selling *accurately
> described material*...just shove off.  You've done more harm to this
> community on your own than most others have been able to manage in the
> past fifteen years.
> Jason
>
>
>
> I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.
>
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 9:23 AM,
> <wanderingstar at wanderingstarmeteorites.com> wrote:
>>
>> Its Commonly known meteorites from India are illegal without export
>> permits, but yet Suligiri and now Katol is  offered by many IMCA members
>> for sale. Guess the meteorite police, IMCA member and seller of this
>> (Katol) Jason Utas needs to add himself to his blacklist for selling
>> illegal meteorites! Question is, where is the IMCA to take action
>> against jason for illegally exporting or receiving these for sale?
>>
>> Greg C,
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Katol India meteorite - Forbidden Fruit
>> From: Me Teor <m3t30r1t3man at gmail.com>
>> Date: Sat, July 14, 2012 11:39 am
>> To: Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: Meteorite Central <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>
>> Dear Shawn
>> You are absolutely correct. It is illegal to collect meteorites in
>> India. And meteorites are government property. The authority for this is
>> the Geological Survey of India. And as far as I know, they never trade
>> or deal with any individuals or private institutions. There cannot be
>> any export papers as export is banned.
>>
>> Although I wonder how having a export paper or certificate helps ?
>>
>> If a specimen is up for sale, it is definitely out of the country and
>> has been exported.
>>
>> By the way does anyone have a analysis report on this new find ?
>>
>> M.E.
>>
>> On 14-Jul-2012, at 3:32 AM, Shawn Alan <photophlow at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Listers,
>>>
>>>> From my understanding, meteorites that fell or are found after 1885 in India would be forwarded to the Government Geological Museum which would take over possession of the meteorite? If so, how is Katol exempt from this, or was Katol sold by the Museum? For those who have gotten some of this meteorite fall, will their meteorites come with export papers like how Canadian falls are handled?
>>>
>>> Shawn Alan
>>> IMCA 1633
>>> eBay store
>>> http://www.ebay.com/sch/ph0t0phl0w/m.html?
>>> http://www.meteoritefalls.com/
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