[meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, 'Dealers', Science, & NomCom

[Michel Franco]

Herbert, List

You may go to the Met Soc web site and fill the form for declaration of a 
new meteorite.
If the report of the lab says it is paired, the Nom Com will probably 
declare an additionnal mass to the already known NWA. And you will not steal 
a number to anyone. But you will wait for next July.
It works for non NWA meteorites, I do not see why it could not work for a 
NWA meteorite. Are they so different ?

Just an idea.

Best wishes

Michel FRANCO
Caillou Noir www.caillou-noir.com
BP 16, 100 Chemin des Campènes
74400 Les Praz de Chamonix FRANCE


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herbert Raab" <herbert.raab at utanet.at>
To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 6:10 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, 'Dealers', Science, & NomCom


> Mark Ford wrote:
>
>> It's quite simple, if you don't know where it comes from and it
>> hasn't been classified then its 'unclasssifed' ...
>
> Unfortunately, it is not that simple. As I wrote in my previous
> message, the stone was sent to a major lab for classification.
> They cut off a type specimen, made a thin section, and classified
> the stone accordingly. The result was that it is paired to another
> NWA chondrite that already has (at least) three separate numbers.
> So the lab said they won't bother to add yet another number to
> the very same material.
>
> But as the stone has already sereval designations, I can at least
> take a choice with which dealer I want to get in trouble about
> "stolen" NWA numbers... ;^)
>
> Best greetings,
>  Herbert
>
>
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