[meteorite-list] another Randall post

[Don Rawlings]

This clown is a legend in his own mind.

Don

--- Michael L Blood <mlblood at cox.net> wrote:


> Gentlemen, (Please post to the list for me)

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> I have in total 4,740 gms. of the Carancas meteorite

> with an option for

> another 500 gm. of material. Of this, a total of

> 259.6 gms. will be sold.

> Fusion crusted material comprise a total of 128.8

> gm. I consider this to be

> legally mine, since I bought it from the land-owner

> and his family. The

> stones purchased from the family were also blessed

> by a Catholic priest in

> the town of Desagaudero. The rest I bought from

> thieves. Theft is wrong in

> the eyes of the government and God.

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> The bulk of what I have, I consider it to be stolen

> and I will not sell any

> until I talk to the land owner and work out an

> agreement. Just before I left

> Desaguadero,  I paid $2,000 for the 4 kilo piece

> from local authorities that

> was collected (stolen) shortly after the meteorite

> fell. Any Carancas

> meteorite over 50gms. that hits the market was

> obtained illegally. I want to

> petition the court in Desaguadero to declare

> anything outside of what was

> purchased directly from the family to be illegal. 

> Australia and Brazil have

> National Treasure laws, Peru has laws regarding

> archeological artifacts, and

> the United States has private property laws. I will

> ask that the material

> currently in scientific institutions be exempted and

> will ask the land owner

> and the church in Desaguadero to allow them to keep

> what they have in the

> interest of science. Imagine that a meteorite fell

> onto your property and

> your local police, newspaper reporters and neighbors

> came in an took pieces

> of this meteorite until there was nothing left for

> you. What would your

> reaction be?

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> What is Ebay's policy regarding the sales of stolen

> material? Some people

> will try to sell this stolen material on Ebay. My

> question to you,

> gentlemen, is what moral responsibilites do

> meteorite dealers have and what

> percentage of meteorites in the market do you

> believe to be stolen?

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> Randall

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Don Rawlings


       
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