[meteorite-list] Silly-sounding Meteorite Names

[dorifry]

Martin and Bill:

My 6 year old respectfully disagrees! She laughs at the Australian names 
like Milly Milly, Laundry Rockhole, and Kittakittaooloo. She also likes 
Fuzzy Creek, Elephant Moraine, Two Buttes, Belly River, Lumpkin, 
Cartoonkana, Bununu, and Muleshoe.

Phil Whitmer
Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum

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Hello Bill and list member,

"I don't see how any are actually silly." (Bill)

I agree with you, Bill!

I do love the "amount of flair" in international meteorite names.

It reflects the global variety of the 'meteorite world' we
list members do actually live in.

Maybe we should rather talk about the most inspiring
or inspired names.

Or invent, for fun, new additional and inofficial names
(depending on structure of matrix, crust or shape of the meteorite etc.) for 
the
somehow 'austere' NWA numbers.

Just an idea.

Best wishes to all of you

Martin