Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread bill kies
gt; CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy > > Hi Michael and all, > I have opinions about these things and in the next METEORITE MARKET > TRENDS in the January issue of METEORITE TIMES I will address them. > In the m

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread Michael Blood
Hi Michael and all, I have opinions about these things and in the next METEORITE MARKET TRENDS in the January issue of METEORITE TIMES I will address them. In the mean time, folks, the louder we yell about this the more likely we are to create resistance to impacting this situation

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread MikeG
Hi Doug and Numerous Listers, I apologize for my little Indian rant earlier. It's obvious that this issue is not only controversial, but it also touches upon issues of politics and culture. There is a lot at stake here, and the issue merits attention. But, we must be smart about it. Tempers an

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread Doug Ross
This "Meteorite List" is turning into a "Politics List"! lol I can understand both sides of the debate, and as a small time private hunter, sure I would like for the BLM to explicitly grant me broad, unrestricted permission to hunt meteorites to my heart's content on public land. But is that li

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread Richard Montgomery
h any well intentioned batch of regulators, the unintended consequences are missed, once again. Richard M - Original Message - From: "jason utas" To: "Meteorite-list" Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 7:07 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread Dennis Miller
> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 11:18:26 -0500 > From: meteoritem...@gmail.com > To: raremeteori...@yahoo.com > CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy > > Every inch of BLM land and all of America was stolen

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy (Thar she blows!)

2012-12-03 Thread Martin Altmann
Yep, were hard times then, so they were for meteorite hunters. Here Mike you see Tashtego, Starbuck, Captain Ahab and Ishmael hunting the White meteorite. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1271/995914327_613befae01.jpg Watch out, what will happen! Here, Rob L. found that horrible testimony... be awa

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread Danny Mills
t;> From: raremeteori...@yahoo.com >> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy >> >> It is interesting that the BLM has pulled the Antiquities Act out of a hat >> in this version. We can thank Douglas Schmidt

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread MikeG
athers would be appalled at what is going on these days, > > Adam > > > > - Original Message - > From: jason utas > To: Meteorite-list > Cc: > Sent: Monday, December 3, 2012 7:07 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy > > Adam...with all

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread Martin Altmann
...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von jason utas Gesendet: Montag, 3. Dezember 2012 16:07 An: Meteorite-list Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy Adam...with all due respect... You can't substantiate a single thing you say, but insist that I'm the gullible one

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread Adam Hupe
r the control of somebody else. Our founding fathers would be appalled at what is going on these days, Adam   - Original Message - From: jason utas To: Meteorite-list Cc: Sent: Monday, December 3, 2012 7:07 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy Adam...with al

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread jason utas
is that hunters with a commercial/meteorite vending permit will be more likely to have to pay taxes on their sales...if they weren't already doing so. Jason > From: Adam Hupe > Date: Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 6:37 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy &

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread Martin Altmann
oritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von jason utas Gesendet: Montag, 3. Dezember 2012 06:34 An: Meteorite-list Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy Hello All, I'd like to point out a few things: As an active meteorite hunte

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread Adam Hupe
bout these laws.  Apparently the limit is 10 lbs per year, not 25.  But how much Franconia do you really want? Jason > From: Adam Hupe > Date: Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 11:53 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy > To: Adam > > > You have heard the sayin

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread Peter Scherff
: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of jason utas Sent: Monday, December 03, 2012 5:25 AM To: Meteorite-list Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy Hello Jodie, You're nit-picking terminology more

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread jason utas
livings by collecting BLM >> resourceswell, why not complain about hunting permits, mining >> permits, or anything else like that? If you're selling meteorites from >> BLM land, it means that you're making money from finding them. Most >> such things req

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread Jodie Reynolds
aking it this far just seemsa bit much. > I've still yet to see a reason that I as a recreational meteorite > hunter should care about these laws. Apparently the limit is 10 lbs > per year, not 25. But how much Franconia do you really want? > Jason >> From: Adam Hupe

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-03 Thread jason utas
e limit is 10 lbs per year, not 25. But how much Franconia do you really want? Jason > From: Adam Hupe > Date: Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 11:53 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy > To: Adam > > > You have heard the saying "give an inch and t

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Adam Hupe
Adam - Original Message - From: jason utas To: Meteorite-list Cc: Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy Hello All, I'd like to point out a few things: As an active meteorite hunter/collector, the proposed regulations

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread jason utas
that I feel I might oppose these new regulations now is because there's the chance that if they're passed, they *could* be made more stringent in the future. However, since the current wording doesn't affect me, I don't mind it. All of this adamant nay-saying seems a bit much.

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread GREG LINDH
k in. That's the nature of an over reaching government. Greg L. > Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 08:00:05 -0800 > From: raremeteori...@yahoo.com > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy > > It is interesting that t

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Adam Hupe
eorite List Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy Perhaps we should all stop collecting & selling meteorites. Also, stop giving to, selling or trading with institutions.         All of these things "bring attention to&quo

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Bryan Couch
Nick I'm with you, I think if we can get the FACTS out together we can make a change. All the finger pointing is pointless to point of making things worse. Wow a lot of points there. Most all activity is in some way regulated on fed land and we were lucky enough to skirt regulation so long so I

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Richard Montgomery
rming precedent set with unelected appointed commisions dictating what can subsequently be done with private property. - Original Message - From: "Martin Altmann" To: Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 2:23 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Richard Montgomery
t;Meteorite List" Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy Perhaps we should all stop collecting & selling meteorites. Also, stop giving to, selling or trading with institutions. All of these things "bring att

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread bill kies
are being eyeballed. The media hype is an ongoing mistake. > Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 18:07:56 -0800 > From: mlbl...@cox.net > To: raremeteori...@yahoo.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Michael Blood
Perhaps we should all stop collecting & selling meteorites. Also, stop giving to, selling or trading with institutions. All of these things "bring attention to" meteorites and the fact They are collected and valued by a very small few. Michael On 12/2/12 2:40 PM, "Adam Hupe" wrote

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Michael Blood
Dear Nicholas, Please allow me to whole heartedly congratulate you on channeling Your energy in a manor that is most likely to produce a positive outcome! As the Brits would say, "Brilliant!" Michael On 12/2/12 7:08 AM, "Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D." wrote: > Regarding the B

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Adam Hupe
Martin Wrote: (uh just read a while ago on web, that Botswana claims to have their cultural heritage back, the biggest lunar Kalahai 009 and asked the university muenster for it). Good, maybe they can provide us with an accurate weight and dimensions instead of rounding it off and hiding it fr

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D.
I think if we work together we can make some changes: I just wrote to the editor of MAPS suggesting that it was time for a rejoinder to Schmitt's article. I also suggested that I will put my 18 students on the task of data-mining the Meteoritical Data Base for information on who found what, who

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Martin Altmann
prüngliche Nachricht- Von: h...@meteorhall.com [mailto:h...@meteorhall.com] Gesendet: Montag, 3. Dezember 2012 00:32 An: Martin Altmann Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy Martin, is coffee a total cost of $7 per pound or are th

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread hall
ively lightly. > > > Best! > Martin > > > > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com > [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Adam > Hupe > Gesendet: Sonntag, 2. Dezember 2012 22:46 > An: Adam > Betre

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Martin Altmann
---Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Adam Hupe Gesendet: Sonntag, 2. Dezember 2012 23:40 An: Adam Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy Martin, I don't see how I can be wrong

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Adam Hupe
tablished that meteorites belong to the owner of the surface estate." - Original Message - From: Martin Altmann To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 2:23 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy I think, you're b

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Martin Altmann
Hupe Gesendet: Sonntag, 2. Dezember 2012 22:46 An: Adam Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy TV entertainers and press-chasers have publicly turned looking for meteorites into a treasure hunt complete with grossly inflated price-tags to attract viewership. This is the same t

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Adam Hupe
TV entertainers and press-chasers have publicly turned looking for meteorites into a treasure hunt complete with grossly inflated price-tags to attract viewership. This is the same tired but effective method that the lame Antique Roadshow has used for over a decade.  Perhaps these entertainers c

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy (Swaziland)

2012-12-02 Thread Martin Altmann
Btw. by far the best of the coolest meteorite laws I found in Swaziland! Wait it's only a little bit complicate, but let me give you a summary: - Collecting of meteorites in National Parks is forbidden. - The removing and exportation of a meteorite needs the permission of the National Trust

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Martin Altmann
Ph.D. Gesendet: Sonntag, 2. Dezember 2012 21:01 An: Yinan Wang; Jim Strope Cc: meteorite central Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy Wichtigkeit: Hoch >From my perspective, I think we ought not to go off half-cocked. Apparently, that is what the BLM has done,

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D.
ang [veom...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 1:49 PM To: Jim Strope Cc: meteorite central Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy My two cents on part of this topic: I think part of the problem we're having is that there is not enough clout or lobby for our hob

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Yinan Wang
hat a nice legacy our >> generation has left behind. May we never forget the few responsible for the >> downfall of a great avocation. >> >> >> Happy Hunting, >> >> Adam >> >> >> >> >> &

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Adam Hupe
ce American law.  Happy Hunting, Adm   - Original Message - From: Richard Montgomery To: Jim Strope ; meteorite central Cc: Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy What a messwe're living during the trans

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Richard Montgomery
t exchange, monetary or otherwise. Let's keep a sharp eye on it. HUGE thanks to Nick for taking the initiative. -Richard Montgomery - Original Message - From: "Jim Strope" To: "meteorite central" Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [meteor

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Jim Strope
__ > From: "Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D." > To: meteorite-list > Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 7:08 AM > Subject: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy > > Regarding the BLM's policy on "Collection of Meteorites on Public Land" > posted

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread John Lutzon
Here 'tis http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2002M%26PSB..375S - Original Message - From: "Adam Hupe" To: "Adam" Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 11:00 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy It is interesting that the BLM has p

Re: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Adam Hupe
Ph.D." To: meteorite-list Sent: Sunday, December 2, 2012 7:08 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy Regarding the BLM's policy on "Collection of Meteorites on Public Land" posted at: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/regulations/Instru

[meteorite-list] BLM and Meteorite Recovery Policy

2012-12-02 Thread Nicholas Gessler, Ph.D.
Regarding the BLM's policy on "Collection of Meteorites on Public Land" posted at: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/info/regulations/Instruction_Memos_and_Bulletins/national_instruction/2012/IM_2012-182.html I have written three emails of complaint to Lucia Kuizon, National Paleontologist and lkui...