[meteorite-list] CV metachondrite pairings

[Jeff Grossman]

At 12:22 PM 5/20/2006, David Weir wrote:
>... then NWA 3133 was determined to be a CV metachondrite and was 
>eventually classified as an ungrouped primitive achondrite. I 
>suspect it will eventually be reclassified as CV metachondrite 
>consistent with what is presented on the NAU website. NWA 1839 never 
>made the official transition from L7 to ungrouped PAC, but it too 
>will probably eventually get a CV metachondrite label as it is 
>presently recognized on the NAU website.

Nothing is likely to appear in the Meteoritical Bulletin or the MB 
database as a "metachondrite" until there is a refereed publication 
that defines the term and until this term at least partially 
displaces "primitive achondrite" in the scientific literature.

jeff

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