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
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