[meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828
David Weir
dgweir at earthlink.net
Sat Jan 6 09:20:22 EST 2007
Tom wrote:
>Isn't this the first fossil meteorite open to the collector market?
Since the new category of relict (or fossil) meteorites was adopted by
the Nomenclature Committee only this past October, I would imagine there
are likely other relict meteorites in our collections which have not
been so designated. The definition requires that more than 95% of a
meteorite has been replaced by secondary phases since its fall. The
meteorite Mills comes to mind as a possibility, but maybe its not quite
there yet.
David
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