[meteorite-list] Olivine Diogenite Naming

From: j.divelbiss_at_att.net <j.divelbiss_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:03 2004
Message-ID: <20030711234544.E375553751_at_pairlist.net>

Adam,

The naming logic seems reasonable.

However, does this mean we could one day have an olivine-rich Diogenite that
is not an Olivine Diogenite?

Without getting into to much detail, what general criteria will it take to be
called an Olivine Diogenite?

Regards,

John
> Dear List Members,
>
> We appreciate all of the suggestions regarding the renaming of the
> "OlivineDiogenite" group. During this process we learned a great deal about
> this subject. Some of the things we learned are that names are adopted,
> only come to be recognized with usage, a consensus should be sought and that
> the NomCom does not oversee this process. It was naive of us to think we
> could pick a name for this new main group by simply having a vote on it. We
> would have liked to honor some pioneer in the field of meteoritics but this
> would have been out of convention as pointed out by Jeff Grossman. We agree
> fully with what he stated and more importantly we learned something from his
> comments.
>
> If we were able to pick a name for this new group a Nortonite probably would
> have been chosen because of Richard Norton's contributions to meteoritics.
> Another good reason is that he asked the all important question "Where are
> the pieces representing the mantle of Vesta?" They were there all the time
> but lost to obscurity because of a naming convention. One goal that has been
> accomplished is that the consensus supports this new main group and the term
> "Olivine Diogenite" that was coined some time ago is now well known
> throughout the meteoritic community.
>
> History has been made because the consensus agrees this qualifies as a new
> main group because there are now five different Olivine Diogenites in
> existence. A paper will be written providing a precise definition of what
> qualifies a meteorite as an olivine diogenite. In other words a diogenite
> with accessory amounts of olivine is not in the spirit of this rarest of
> classifications and should not be confused with the real McCoy.
>
> In our opinion and several scientists the HED group can now be called HEDO
> to cover this new main class. For the first time in history a new main
> group is being accepted and added to the HED designation which remained
> unchanged for centuries. Olivine diogenite may not be the best name to use
> but it is already widely known and several publications are being written
> using this term.
>
> No need to ask anymore about what happened to the specimens relating
> toVesta's mantle. They were in hiding under the name "Olivine Diogenite."
>
> Wishing everybody the best,
>
> Adam and Greg Hupe
> The Hupe Collection
> IMCA 2185
>
>
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Received on Fri 11 Jul 2003 07:45:42 PM PDT