[meteorite-list] AD - A FEW DANDYS

[David Weir]

Hey Doug,

I don't know what grapevine you've been smoking, but I highly doubt that 
the NomCom would accept bribes to get a meteorite deemed "official". 
Besides, the only way to tell if it's "official" is by looking at the 
MetBull; as Jeff G. wrote, "If it's not there, it's not an official 
name, period, no exceptions." He also said the following concerning 
provisional names: "Also, the journals MAPS and GCA have a policy that 
should prevent publication of scientific reports on these specimens." I 
would defer to these statements by the then-acting Editor of the 
Meteoritical Bulletin, and discount what you heard through the grapevine.


MexicoDoug at aol.com wrote:

> Hola Mark, A name is official when you are allowed to use it in a  
> Meteoritical Society publication, right?  I would suspect the only way the  NomCom is 
> going to give advance approval via magic emails, is if you promise you  are 
> working on a peer-reviewed paper for publication in a scientific journal  
> especially MAPS, and need an approved name for your rock, and have the don to  
> convince them.  I heard through the grapevine, however, that those magic  emails were 
> also available to commercial dealers with no publications, one of  the 
> amounts of:  an additional 5 grams or 5% type specimen contribution, or  $500 to the 
> endowment, as long as it isn't the smallest of the three.   Saludos, Doug
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