[meteorite-list] Name of Texas Fall: Ash Creek

[Sterling K. Webb]

Hi,

    I would suggest that the best way for a dealer
to advertise by name would be to start off with:

    West, Texas (ASH CREEK), Witnessed Fall, etc...

and migrate with time and familiarity to:

    ASH CREEK (West, Texas), Witnessed Fall, etc...

Very useful invention, the parenthesis; It's like
having hip pockets... handy.


Sterling K. Webb
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Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Name of Texas Fall: Ash Creek


> Chris,
>
> If I write a scientific paper, I  will call it Ash Creek.  For 
> commercial
> purposes, if it isn't illegal, I  will keep calling it West.
>
> After all, that is the purpose of  having synonyms is so that you can 
> call
> things by other names,  right?
>
> There will be no confusion to me. I don't think anyone else in the
> community will be confused.  Anyone that says "Ash Creek" we will know 
> what they
> are saying.  Anyone that uses the "West" name, we will know  what they 
> are
> saying as well.  Just like if they say it is from the "United  States" 
> or they
> say it is from "America."
>
> I agree with Mark that some  meteorites that have already been sold 
> with
> the name "West" might get "lost" in  the TKW tallies.  Some 
> collections
> (public and private) will have "West" on  their labels instead of "Ash 
> Creek."
> But 75 years from now, it will be  just as easy to sort out as 
> "Toluca" on a
> Glen Huss label is from "Xiquipilco"  on a Nininger label... they are 
> the
> same rock.
>
> The only confusion will  probably be in the collector market, and I 
> don't
> think the NomCom cares all that  much about the collector market, or 
> that the
> name "West" has been used in all  the media references up until now. 
> Just
> Google Search "West  Meteorite" then search "Ash Creek Meteorite."  If 
> they
> did care, the  official name would have been assigned within a few 
> days and
> this minor  confusion would have easily been avoided.  Their priority 
> is for
> the  scientific side of things, not the pop culture side of things.
>
> Steve Arnold
> Arkansas
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> In a  message dated 4/16/2009 11:33:08 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> clp at alumni.caltech.edu writes:
> Perhaps those who seek to commercially trade  new falls within the 
> first
> few
> weeks of recovery need to be a bit more  careful with _their_ 
> nomenclature.
> There is a reason why a formal naming  process exists (and face it, 
> "West"
> is
> a horrible name that should never  have been used). IMO, if you're 
> going to
> sell early, you shouldn't give it a  name at all, just a description 
> ("the
> recent, as-yet-unnamed fall near West,  Texas").
>
> I can say with some confidence, as somebody who only deals with 
> meteorites
> in scientific collections, that this name "change" isn't going to 
> cause
> any
> confusion at all.
>
> Chris
>
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