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, <wanderings...@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 <m3t30r1t3...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, July 14, 2012 11:39 am > To: Shawn Alan <photoph...@yahoo.com> > Cc: Meteorite Central <meteorite-list@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 <photoph...@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/ >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list