[meteorite-list] Novato update

[Matson, Robert D.]

Hi All,

I've been informed by one of the Novato finders that this is a
non-issue. Dr. Jenniskens has long-since pledged to donate more
than adequate Novato type specimen to UCLA for it to be approved
by the Nomenclature Committee. That it hasn't happened already is
simply because Dr. Jenniskens wished to ensure that all academic
requests for meteoritical material were handled promptly. 29 grams
of the first recovered stone were generously donated by Lisa Webber
to SETI for scientific analysis; of that, whatever is not consumed
in destructive analyses has been promised to UCLA. So there is no
cause for alarm; people just need to be patient.  --Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Brown [mailto:scientificlifestyle at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 8:36 PM
To: Matson, Robert D.; Jim Wooddell; Michael Farmer; Robert Verish; Met List
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Getting Novato approved

Hello Rob, the other Novato searchers and the List,

This is a very interesting Urban fall and a very challenging meteorite to hunt.

Personally, I hunted my backside off and did not find a crumb (although, I went right past the individual that Bob Verish discovered, like within 4-6 feet!).

Is not the rule 20 grams or 20% if the original mass was less than 100 grams?

If the finder that deposited ~14.4 grams represented that as 20% of the individual meteorite found, does that not meet the Meteoritical Society Nomenclature Committee guidelines?

Personally, I would very much like to see this one in the Bulletin. 

I would be very interested in understanding the masses that were found.

Yours in Science,
               Pat Brown