[meteorite-list] NWA 3133

[joseph_town at att.net]

Adam,

I grow weary of your diatribes to establish yourself as the last word on any subject you choose. It's still a pretty grey area. You've made a few reasonable points but I've yet to see the true decision makers stand up and back you in a public forum.

Bill


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at comcast.net>
> Hi Stan,
> 
> No less than four laboratories were involved with the classification of NWA
> 3133.  No laboratory has reported a pairing between NWA 1839 with a reported
> TKW of 122 grams and NWA 3133 with a TKW of 2,393 grams.  You said that NWA
> 1839 had a TKW of over 3 kilos and was paired to NWA 011 and posted this to
> the List.  I would say get documentation proving these claims or submit
> samples for classification.   When the NomCom authorized paperwork is in
> hand share it with us all.  I grow weary of all these fantastic claims
> without proper documentation.  When proper credentials are shown I will
> recognize pairings.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Adam
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "stan ." <laser_maniac at hotmail.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Cc: <rendelius at rpgdot.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 7:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 3133
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > >I think pairing conclusions are the job of scientists and the NomCom.  I
> > >have seen NWA 1839 being called an L7, a pairing to NWA 011 and now NWA
> > >3133, all by informal sources.
> >
> > Adam,
> > just to make sure that I'm not (and no one else is) misunderstanding what
> > you may be saying here - nwa 1839 was originally classified as an L7 by
> the
> > same lab that classified NWA 3133. Since that time nwa 1839 has been
> looked
> > at again by the same lab and reclassified as a primitive achonderite - one
> > that has essentially the same oxygen isotopse signiture and similar
> > minerology as nwa 3133. I know people have drawn similarities between both
> > stones and nwa 011, not because of a genetic relationship, but rather
> > because of the fact that they both originate on previously unsampled
> parent
> > bodies.
> >
> >
> > I belive David Weir published the preliminary reclassification data on the
> > list not too long ago.
> >
> >
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