Hi Adam....

Hoping all is well...

If the issue below was as clear-cut as suggested, why then does Smithsonian policy prohibit the acquisition of planetary NWAs? My impression, and I could be mistaken, is that the country of export (Morocco) is less relevant than the countries in the NWA corridor from where said objects were first recovered.

Anyway.....

All best / Darryl

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On Feb 12, 2010, at 1:18 PM, Adam Hupe wrote:

It makes no difference whatsoever whether a meteorite is classified or not when originating from Northwest Africa as far as legalities go. People who spread the rumor that the export of meteorites from Morocco are illegal seem to have an agenda. A dealer once tried to make it so you needed a special permit but this failed. I believe this was to get an exclusive on material coming out of NWA as this would have served as an effective roadblock to others.

The truth is simple: It is completely legal to obtain meteorites from Morocco, period!

All the best,

Adam








----- Original Message ----
From: Carl 's <carloselgua...@hotmail.com>
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Fri, February 12, 2010 9:33:18 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Russian meteorites-- don't take them for granite!


Hi Adam, Carl, Peter, All,

That's strange. This is the second time in three weeks I've heard the NWAs were illegal. At least I think what was meant was the unclassified NWAs are. Adam, would that make any difference?

Carl2


Adam wrote:
NWA material has been thoroughly checked out by several museums and does not
present any problem whatsoever...

Carl E. wrote:
With all due respect to you. What on Earth is this supposed to mean?
"dangers of the NWA market."?...




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