[meteorite-list] Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011

[Paul H.]

Oman contributed 16% of world's meteorite finds in 2011 
MENAFN, Muscat Daily, January 25, 2103 
http://www.menafn.com/menafn/1093602529/--Oman-contributed-16-of-worlds-meteorite-finds-2011?src=RSS 
 
Note that this article states: 
 
"''Now, export of any kind of rock is prohibited unless 
 authorised by the relevant authority,'' he said." 
 
and 
 
"Oman's Mining Law, The Mining Law issued by Royal 
Decree No 27/2003, prohibits the practice of all rock 
and mineral and exploratory activities and trading in 
the same without obtaining permission from the 
Directorate General of Minerals." 

Some other older articles.

Experts study meteorites, Oman Observer
Mon, 17 December 2012
http://main.omanobserver.om/node/133724

Oman is major site for meteor discovery (Country 
was second only to Antarctica in meteor finds 
until 2007) Emirates 24/7, October 19, 2010 
http://www.emirates247.com/news/oman-is-major-site-for-meteor-discovery-2010-10-19-1.306190
 
Searching for Meteorites in the Deserts of Oman
by Simon Mitton, Live Science, May 18, 2009
http://www.livescience.com/3613-searching-meteorites-deserts-oman.html

Related papers are:

Korotev, R. L., 2012, Lunar meteorites from Oman.
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 47, no 8, 
pp. 1365–1402 (August 2012)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01393.x/abstract

Hofmann, B. A., E. Gnos, A. Al-Kathiri, and A. J. T. Jull, 
2006, Meteorite accumulation surfaces in Oman: Main 
results of Omani-Swiss meteorite search campaigns, 
2001-2006. 4th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Bern 2006.
http://geoscience-meeting.scnatweb.ch/sgm2006/SGM06_abstracts/08_OS_Min_Pet/Hofmann_Beda_Talk_or_Poster.pdf

Best wishes, 
 
Paul H.