[meteorite-list] Question

[Jeff Grossman]

Different.  A slash means it was classified as being transitional 
between the two types, H4 and H5.  A hyphen means it is a breccia of 
H4 through H5 lithologies.

jeff

At 09:45 AM 1/17/2006, Dave Carothers wrote:
>Good day all.
>
>I have perhaps a very dumb question that I haven't been able to find the
>answer to.
>
>When the Met Bul shows the classification of a meteorite, it sometimes uses
>the notation X/Y or X-Y.  For example you may have a meteorite classified as
>H4/5 or H4-5.  Are these two classifications the same or different.  If
>different, how so?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave
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