[meteorite-list] KATOL (L6) is official

[Anne Black]

Thank you Greg.

Yes, all the pieces of Almahata Sitta sold by either Siegfried Haberer 
or myself carry the number of the specimen it was cut from. And that is 
the number assigned to that fragment by Addi Bischoff.
Example:
MS-169 - Coarse-grained Ureilite
MS-174 - Chondrite EL6
MS-181 - Bencubbinite
.....etc...

You can see the whole list there:  
http://www.impactika.com/Meteorities/ASitta.htm


Anne M. Black
www.IMPACTIKA.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Hupé <gmhupe at centurylink.net>
To: Jim Wooddell <jim.wooddell at suddenlink.net>; meteorite-list 
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thu, Jan 2, 2014 8:40 am
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] KATOL (L6) is official


Hi Jim,

I wouldn't call it "lazy science", but I agree with a numbering system 
when
possible, but when there are several people from around the world 
involved
in a fall collecting stones, it can be impossible to get everyone to go
along with the numbering system. Take Chelyabinsk for instance, 
impossible
to number each stone because of the hundreds of people collecting.

I think the next best thing is to name/number oddities like the Katol 
irons
as maybe "Katol - iron 001". Almahata Sitta was a rare occurrence since 
one
initial scientist/museum had all of the stones that came out and it was 
easy
to assign numbers, same with the single dealer who first offered the 
variety
of stones.


Best Regards,
Greg

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Wooddell
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 10:29 AM
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] KATOL (L6) is official

Hi Greg and all,

I would not suggest another name nor would I suggest it's a different
fall.  However I would suggest a numbering schema that maybe followed a
find sequence.  Katol 001, Katol 005, etc.

I say that because if stuff is never studied...ie classified....we just
will never know what it's make up is.  And, that can and does apply to
any strewn field.

So, everything becomes opinion and guesswork.  Lazy science.

Jim


On 1/2/2014 7:24 AM, Greg Hupé wrote:
> Since the iron was found with other fresh Katol stony pieces and some 
of
> the stony matrix is clearly visible on the outside of the iron, I see 
no
> reason to even consider cutting it to get a separate name. That is 
one
> nice thing of the iron being collected within a couple days of the 
fall,
> and well before any rains came along to oxidize and/or discolor the
> portion of matric on the iron. I think the few irons should be 
mentioned
> in the Official Katol classification, clearly they are 'pop-outs' 
from the
> Katol mass.
>
> ...just my 2 Rupees worth...
>
> Best Regards,
> Greg
>