[meteorite-list] Group names such as grahamites and others (was: NWA 7034)
Bernd V. Pauli
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
Sun Jan 27 12:00:52 EST 2013
Alan Rubin kindly wrote:
"The literature of the past is littered with group names such as
grahamites* and others I've forgotten because they fell out of use."
Tschermak G. (1885) Die mikroskopische Beschaffenheit der Meteoriten
(Stuttgart E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung, E. Koch, 23 pp.).
English Translation: The Microscopic Properties of Meteorites, Vol. 4,
No. 6 (Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics, Washington, D.C., 1964).
Translation by J.A. Wood and E.M. Wood
- grahamites (Vaca Muerta was a grahamite for Tschermak)*
- bustites = aubrites
- chladnites (only Bishopville at Tschermak's time but Bishopville is an aubrite!)
- amphoterites = LL chondrites
- chassignites = Martian meteorites
- shalkites: proposed by Rose for the mixture of bronzite and olivine
Best regards,
Bernd
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