[meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828
Jeff Kuyken
info at meteorites.com.au
Sat Jan 6 09:25:28 EST 2007
Hi David,
What about irons & stony/irons etc? How do they fall into the new category?
There are quite a few shales in collections and I'm curious if they would be
considered 'relict'.
Cheers,
Jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: David Weir
To: STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 1:20 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828
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meteorite has been replaced by secondary phases since its fall.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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