[meteorite-list] Campo del Cielo meteorites

From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:38 2004
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20030613180121.031c1850_at_gsvaresm02.er.usgs.gov>

Mike,

The Meteoritical Society is not an authority on geographic names. The=20
NomCom does the best it can in approving names for meteorites based on=20
geographic names, but mistakes do get made. We often have to rely on=20
people with local knowledge of the find area (or the submitter of the=20
meteorite to us), and they are not always fully reliable sources.

Our job is to provide a label for each meteorite. We have done that. Now,=
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the name of the meteorite is authoritative. Whether Pitino is a proper=20
place-name remains open for discussion.

Jeff

At 02:48 PM 6/13/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Wow, judge, juror, head of the Meteoritical Society, and God?
>Who died and made you the head honcho? This is my meteorite, it was legally
>aquired in the United States. Chaco or yourself have no claim to it.
>O te puedo escribir en espanol si prefieres?
>The meteorite is named Pitino, there is a place called Pitino, or the
>Meteoritical Society would not have named it that. You seem to be the same
>guy who harrased me two years ago about Campos. There are thousands of
>kilograms of them, so go dig them up or shut up.
>Mike Farmer
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Miguel Angel del Buono" <migueldelbuono_at_hotmail.com>
>To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 11:22 AM
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Campo del Cielo meteorites
>
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > In agreement with the expressed by Mr. Michael Farmer, in a lot of
> > meteorites from Campo del Cielo he found a new chondrite named Pitino. =
 On
> > this matter I have two observations:
> > 1) There is no city or geographic reference with that name in Argentina.
>In
> > that case the proposed name for the meteorite will be Campo del Cielo=
 II.
> > 2) As the meteorite is from Campo del Cielo, the proprietary is the
> > Goverment of Argentina. So is forbidden any people has a fragment of it.
> >
> > I also remember a meteorite of 6 to 8 tons was stolen from Campo del
>Cielo.
> > You can see the picture in this page
> > http://www.diarionorte.com/2003/mayo/030504/interior.htm
> > Please for any information on this meteorite call to:
> >
> > Dr, Carlos Clauter, Judge of the cause
> > Las Heras 45
> > (3720) Charata, Chaco, Argentina
> > Telefax ++543731 420004
> >
> > Diario Norte
> > prensanorte_at_diarionorte.com (Director)
> > Pellegrini 144
> > (3500) Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina
> >
> > Polic=EDa del Chaco
> > ++ 543722 463103 (Jefatura)
> > ++ 543722 434127
> > policia.jefe_at_ecomchaco.com.ar
> > pchdcinf_at_infovia.com.ar
> > pol.judicial_at_ecomchaco.com.ar (Dept. Judicial)
> >
> > Ministro de Gobierno
> > Sr. Roy Nikisch
> > roy.nikisch_at_ecomchaco.com.ar
> >
> > Ministerio de Gobierno y Justicia
> > Ministerio.gobierno_at_ecomchaco.com.ar
> >
> > Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
> > ++5411 48197000
> > web_at_mrecic.gob.ar
> >
> > Thank you for your cooperation.
> >
> > Dr. Miguel A. del Buono
> > Universidad Nacional del Nordeste
> > Resistencia - Chaco - Argentina
> >
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Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman
Chair, Meteorite Nomenclature Committee (Meteoritical Society)
US Geological Survey
954 National Center
Reston, VA 20192, USA
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Received on Fri 13 Jun 2003 06:11:39 PM PDT