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

[Tom Knudson]

Hi Mike and list, speaking of Canyon Diablo, what was the reasoning for that
name?
Thanks, Tom
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael L Blood" <mlblood at cox.net>
To: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at comcast.net>; "Meteorite List"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is Amgala Official? / New Bulletin


> on 5/10/05 10:47 AM, Adam Hupe at raremeteorites at comcast.net wrote:
>
> > Another note: I still think most will still use the name Amgala. This is
> > because most collectors know it under this name.
> ----------
> Hi Adam and all,
>         I respectfully disagree - eventually, it will be known by its true
> name, though "formerly called Amgala" is likely to be around a while.
> The name approved by the Nomenclature Committee is the name.
> I can call Canyon Diablo "Meteor Crater" all I want, it will always be,
> however, Canyon Diablo. In fact, many meteorite collectors could call
> it "Meteor Crater" and it would still be Canyon Diablo and there would
> always be those that refuse to use the wrong nomenclature and respectable
> dealers would label it properly.
>         I have seen this phenomenon in botany: Fucaria columnaris was
> known for many years as "Idria columnaris, until, about two
> decades ago it was reclassified as a species of Fucaria. While to this
> day, one occasionally sees it advertised in exotic plant catalogs as
> Idria columnaris, it is Fucaria columnaris because it belongs to the
> genus Fucaria in the formal botanical Taxon.
>         What has been called Amgala will be known as Oum Dreyga because
> it is being officially entered in the formal meteorite Taxon as Oum
Dreyga.
>         Best wishes, Michael
>
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>      -Herb Cohen
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