[meteorite-list] Campos Sales

[Jose Campos]

Olá Doug and List,

In connection with the Campos Sales meteorite, I noticed that on the 
25/Oct/2004 Doug wrote:

"...Further, the rainy season  starts to peak during the quoted recovery 
time in Campos Sales, and to boot, Campos Sales sounds like  it means "Salt 
Fields" in Portuguese."

It may sound like it, and yes, Campos means "Fields"; however, the word 
"Sales" does NOT exist in the Portuguese language. Although "Salt" in 
Portuguese is written "Sal",  if it were to mean "Salt Fields" it should 
have been "Campos Salgados" and not "Campos Sales".

I suspect that the word "Sales" might have something do to with a possible 
existence of a nearby Mission of Saint Francisco de Sales? (of the Order of 
the Salesians), hence "Campos Sales"?

Regards and
Saudações de Portugal (Doug, "Saudades" in Portuguese means "longing")

José Campos
Portugal