[meteorite-list] Named masses [29Palms (1955) = Pinto Mtns]

[Robert Verish]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for making this list and for making it available.

By the way, the 19kg main mass of the Pinto Mountains (L6) meteorite is also known as, "Twentynine Palms (1955)":  

"The Meteorites of California" by Derek Sears and Robert Verish
<http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/back%20issues/months/2011%20Aug.htm>

With best regards,
Bob V.


--- On Sat, 9/24/11, Jeff Grossman <jngrossman at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Jeff Grossman <jngrossman at gmail.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Named masses
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Saturday, September 24, 2011, 2:12 PM
> All,
>
> I'm compiling a list of all meteorites that have named
> masses.  The two well-known examples are Cape York and
> Campo del Cielo, which each have many large pieces that are
> known by informal names, e.g., Ahnighito (CY) and El Patio
> (CdC).
>
> How many others can people come up with?  This is a
> crowdsourcing exercise for the MetBull database, where I'd
> like to keep track of such names.  I already have a
> long list of synonyms, but most of these are not the names
> of masses; they are alternate names and spellings for the
> meteorite itself  (if you'd like to scan them to see if
> you can spot any mass names, here is the long list: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/MetBullSynonyms.php).
>
> What I need are:
>
> Meteorite name; mass name; weight; source of information;
> optional descriptive text
>
> Thanks to all who can help!
>
> Jeff
>
> p.s. I think I have most of the CdC and CY names already
> compiled.
>