[meteorite-list] Silly-sounding Meteorite Names

[Michael Gilmer]

It's weird, Robert announced that his California fall was just
approved, but it has been official and published in the Bulletin for
almost a year now.  I think that is why it didn't garner many replies.
 I guess.  Who knows.
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On 9/2/11, MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com> wrote:
> And Robert Ward's California fall?  What is it, chopped liver???
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> To: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> Cc: The List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Fri, Sep 2, 2011 4:24 pm
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Silly-sounding Meteorite Names
>
>
> Hi Mike and List,
>
> There is interest in the new meteorites.  Check the archives.
>
> There were 32 posts about Conception Junction since it was announced.
>
> There were 35 posts about the new Kenya fall.
>
> There were 16 posts about the newly-recovered Mexico fall.
>
> That is a total of 83 posts about new meteorites in the last month.
>
> By contrast, this silly thread you are bitching about has had 34 posts.
>
> Unless my math is wrong, these numbers show that there is indeed more
> interest in new meteorites than there is in silly meteorite names.
>
> What else do you want?  Should we put you on an ivory throne and sing
> praises to you?  ;)
>
> Best regards and happy huntings,
>
> MikeG
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> On 9/2/11, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
>> I sure wish there was the interest in the actual meteorites recovered
> or
>> announced  this month, a new pallasite and two recovered falls.
> Hardly the
>> interest in the actual meteorites that there is in this stupid thread.
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> --- On Fri, 9/2/11, pshugar at messengersfromthecosmos.com
>> <pshugar at messengersfromthecosmos.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: pshugar at messengersfromthecosmos.com
>>> <pshugar at messengersfromthecosmos.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Silly-sounding Meteorite Names
>>> To: "The List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Date: Friday, September 2, 2011, 12:46 PM
>>> Ok, I have an Idea!!!!
>>> Everyone send me a "letter, ie a letter from the native
>>> language
>>> that you speak. For the next 15 minutes, I will record them
>>> in
>>> the order that I receive them. this will then be the
>>> silliest name
>>> with also the honor of being the single most
>>> unpronounceable
>>> meteorite name in all history.
>>> Pete
>>>
>>> > -------- Original Message --------
>>> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Silly-sounding Meteorite
>>> Names
>>> > From: Matthias_Bärmann <majbaermann at web.de>
>>> > Date: Fri, September 02, 2011 1:19 pm
>>> > To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > "Widderstall" (Ram's Stable) would be not a silly, but
>>> a pretty nice
>>> > meteorite name, if we (many colleagues from Germany,
>>> Czech Rep., Austria,
>>> > Switzerland, Netherlands) would have been lucky enough
>>> to find at least one
>>> > mass in Southern Germany, January 2011 ... :-(
>>> >
>>> > Inconsolable,
>>> > Matthias
>>> >
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