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

[stan .]

>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 ?


I thought the NomCom already adressed this issue when they said that all new 
masses from nwa need to have a new number. If you could just 'add on' weight 
as you propose above half of the discussion on the list that has occured 
recently would be moot