[meteorite-list] Samples

[Bob Holmes]

This might help. See section 7.

http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/nc-guidelines.htm

Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter A Shugar" <pshugar at clearwire.net>
To: "LIST" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:24 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Samples


> Hello Listies,
> Maybe someone can answer this for me.
> Where did the 20% value come from to classify a meteorite? If a meteorite 
> were found
> that, say , was 1.2 grams, unpaired with anything else, then the sample 
> must needs be
> .24 grams, if I've figured right. This is a very significant portion of 
> the meteorite.
> Then on the other hand should one be found that was 1 ton, the sample 
> would be 400
> pounds. If a classification can be done with .24 gram, why can't it be 
> done with a much
> smaller piece of the 1 ton meteorite?
> Just learning here, please bear with me.
> Thanks,
> Pete
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