[meteorite-list] nwa869

From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:00:05 2004
Message-ID: <003301c22618$6f0eb2a0$15bc5341_at_cc516468a>

Hi Al, John and List,

Al alluded to something which I would like to expand on and which I think
may be a source for at least some of the problems associated with multiple
pairings and classifications.

Let's take a certain strewn field, a geographical location where meteorites
have been found and continue to be found (okay, I admit - I am thinking of
NWA). Multiple individuals are finding meteorites. Finder A may find x
number of stones, then Finder B etc. and they are being sold to dealers J, K
and L. Any given number of resellers get involved. Eventually the
individual collector ends up with a given individual, slice, or fragment.
All along this path, a given stone has had the opportunity to be typed and
assigned a "real" number or name by the NomCom committee or given a
"temporary" number by someone, then perhaps classed by researchers, perhaps
with a number or name change.

To be honest, I am surprised that more confusion does not exist with regard
to pairings and perhaps it is a testament that there are not many such
instances that the system "works." Perhaps.

-Walter



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Walter Branch, Ph.D.
Branch Meteorites
322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B
Savannah, GA 31405 USA
www.branchmeteorites.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "almitt" <almitt_at_kconline.com>
To: "John Divelbiss" <j.divelbiss_at_worldnet.att.net>
Cc: "Matteo Chinellato" <mcomemeteorite2000_at_yahoo.it>; "dean bessey"
<deanbessey_at_hotmail.com>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] nwa869


> Hi John,
>
> I don't think your post should offend anyone and in my opinion is a very
relevant
> question and I wish more people would post along such lines. Until we
learn about
> something then we have to ask questions and anyone putting another person
down for
> asking a GOOD question along these lines forgets they at one time didn't
know the
> answer to the question either! The true nature of science is to ask
questions and see
> if something has been addressed or not.
>
> My hopes are that you will continue to ask and good threads as this one
continue on
> for those wanting to learn. I myself have to be humble with the many
gifted, and
> knowledgeable people on the list. Hopefully we will always have someone
that will be
> able to address an issue.
>
> Two good books that help out enormously are "The Cambridge Encyclopedia Of
Meteorites"
> by O. Richard Norton. I am just getting into reading my copy and can see
from what I
> have read and what I have check out, is a wealth of information contain
in this book.
> You are doing yourself an injustice by not having a copy. I am seriously
thinking of
> buying another copy to make sure I am never without it. It is proving to
be another
> fantastic book by Norton. Certainly a work of art more than a book with
information.
> One other book that I always like to recommend is Meteorites and their
Parent Planets
> by Harry McSween Jr. This book gets down into the nitty gritty of
meteorites also and
> helps with the understanding of classification and possible parent bodies.
>
> --AL Mitterling
>
>
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Received on Sun 07 Jul 2002 08:43:08 PM PDT