[meteorite-list] New Iron-Nichel posphide official name

[Mauro Ianeselli]

Hi all,

I confirm that the name of the new mineral is "MELLINIITE".

>From Prato (Tuscany), 22/11/2005 local newspaper:

"The name of the mineral drift from that one of Marcello Mellini,
ordinary of mineralogy near the Department of Sciences of the Earth of
the University of Siena and director of the section of Siena of the
National Museum of Antarctica, one of the greater antarctic meteorite
experts presents in Italy.
These searches have been carried out in the course of a thesis of
bachelor carried out near the MSP and are in publication course are on
the international review American Mineralogist that on the prestigious
Science weekly magazine."

http://notizie.provincia.prato.it/asp/notizie-s.asp?ID=3077
(in italian language)

More informations here:

http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:ObD05cHiZicJ:www.dst.unisi.it/ricerca/mineralogia/curriculum/Mellini2.htm+marcello+mellini&hl=it
(in italian language)

Best wishes!

Mauro Ianeselli



Il giorno sab, 26/11/2005 alle 13.34 +0100, Martin Altmann ha scritto:
> Hehe, the Museo played some jokes with you.
> 
> Melinite is an explosive, invented by Eugène Turpin (1848-1927) (a relative
> of Ben Turpin?)
> http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/p4556.htm
> was used at that time as filling of grenades.
> 
> And melinite is an anagram of ilmenite, found in moon rocks.......
> 
> Buckleboo!
> Martin

> 
> 
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