[meteorite-list] NWA/Sahara maps

[Jeff Grossman]

At 04:17 AM 7/11/2004, meteoriteshow wrote:
>Dear Mark,
>
>Meteorites named "Sahara" were found and accurately spotted by their
>finders, but the coordinates should be provided by the Nom Com 5 years after
>their first announcement at the Met Bul. This is a special agreement between
>some finders and the Nom Com, so that they can keep their strewnfield secret
>for a while.

There is no such deal.


Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman
Chair, Meteorite Nomenclature Committee (Meteoritical Society)
US Geological Survey
954 National Center
Reston, VA 20192, USA
Phone: (703) 648-6184   fax:   (703) 648-6383