[meteorite-list] RE: Is Amgala Official? / New Bulletin

[Adam Hupe]

I agree with Robert Matson that sometimes new material is released too soon.
We claimed from the beginning that Amgala was just a working name and were
given grief because of it.  We also said we felt we were jumping the gun
because of outside pressure and our enormous investment in this fall.  We no
longer invest heavily into new falls because of how this one was handled.
The NomCom is the ultimate authority so more than likely Oum Dreyga will be
the official name because of the coordinates.  Let this be one for the books
next time a new fall is collected.

Kind Regards,

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Adam Hupe
The Hupe Collection
Team LunarRock
IMCA 2185
raremeteorites at comcast.net





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matson, Robert" <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
To: "'Meteoryt.net'" <marcin at meteoryt.net>;
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 11:05 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] RE: Is Amgala Official? / New Bulletin


> Regarding "Amgala", Marcin pondered:
>
> ===============
> > oh I LOVE this. [W]hy the hell meteorite sold and known for months
> > as "X" at least is submited as "Y" ?  We produce NWA mess on every
> > step.  OK I dont remember exactly if Amgala is a place or town or
> > not exist, but if we know this one as Amgala why someone propose
> > other name ? Why this cant be Meteorite Amgala, place of fall
> > Oum Dreyga, Morocco ?
>
> To penalize people for being presumptious about marketing a meteorite
> by a specific name prior to that name being voted on and approved by
> the NomCom.  ;-)  --Rob
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