[meteorite-list] Campo del Cielo meteorites

From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:38 2004
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20030613185127.02d75a30_at_gsvaresm02.er.usgs.gov>

Sorry to disappoint you, but Joel's Iron was named long before there was a
NomCom. This name would indeed violate the modern Guidelines for Meteorite
Nomenclature had it been found recently. There are other meteorites with
similar "grandfathered" names, e.g.. Lutschaunig's Stone, Holland's Store,
and my favorite, Slaghek's Iron.

jeff

At 06:27 PM 6/13/2003 -0400, David Weir wrote:
>Hey Mike,
>
>Don't worry too much about the name. Heck, it might just as well have
>been named Mike's Chondrite, which would be consistent with the NomCom's
>acceptance of the name Joel's Iron from Chile.
>
>David
>
> > There is no city or geographic reference with that name in Argentina.
>
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Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman
Chair, Meteorite Nomenclature Committee (Meteoritical Society)
US Geological Survey
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Received on Fri 13 Jun 2003 07:13:00 PM PDT