[meteorite-list] To be or not to be.....Taza!

[Jeff Grossman]

The reason NASA ADS doesn't turn up anything is because this is a virtually 
unstudied meteorite, so there is no scientific literature on it.  In fact, 
ADS gives one hit on the proper name, "Northwest Africa 859", and three 
hits on "Taza"; all of these hits are to popular literature.  If and when 
this meteorite appears in an abstract or peer-reviewed journal, you will 
find it only listed under the name Northwest Africa (NWA) 859.

"Taza" is not the "proper name" as Martin called it.  It is more of a 
nickname given by dealers before the meteorite was characterized.  A 
similar case is the martian meteorite which some dealers dubbed "Diderot", 
but which is really named NWA 2737.  I might add that we don't know if this 
iron even came from Taza, Morocco, because the place of find was never 
reported.

So call it whatever you like, but it would be a good idea if a label 
included the formal name, NWA 859.

jeff
At 07:07 AM 8/3/2005, Martin Altmann wrote:
>Hi Cj,
>
>as desert irons are very rare - commonly they are reffered to with their
>proper names, rather than with their number.
>Especially with Taza, everybody says "Taza" and knows immediately, which
>meteorite is meant. NWA859 takes a cerebral second longer as it sounds
>similar with the ubiquist NWA869...
>I label Taza always:    Taza (NWA859).
>
>If I search here in the titles
>http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html
>then I get 2 hits for "Taza", and Zero meteoriterelated for "859"
>
>Meow!
>Martin
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Peanut .." <cj_peanut at msn.com>
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>Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 7:29 AM
>Subject: [meteorite-list] To be or not to be.....Taza!
>
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > When you guys go through your collection and you get to that little iron
> > known as Taza, Do  you label it as Taza or NWA 859? Is one preferred over
> > another?
> >
> >
> > Cj
> > IMCA# 3432
> > cj_peanut at msn.com
> > www.cjsmeteorites.com
> >
> >
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