[meteorite-list] Campo del Cielo meteorites
From: LITIG8NSHARK_at_aol.com <LITIG8NSHARK_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:38 2004 Message-ID: <9.13407fa2.2c1bb61f_at_aol.com> --part1_9.13407fa2.2c1bb61f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Good evening Jeff, and All, Just wondered, if I owned a funeral parlor and a meteorite crashed into it, might the meteorite be given the name "Martyn's Mortuary"? LOL Have a great evening Ya'll. Paul In a message dated 6/13/2003 7:15:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jgrossman_at_usgs.gov writes: > 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 --part1_9.13407fa2.2c1bb61f_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><BODY BGCOLOR=3D"#80ffff"><FONT COLOR= =3D"#0000ff" SIZE=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Good ev= ening Jeff, and All,<BR> <BR> Just wondered, if I owned a funeral parlor and a meteorite crashed into it,=20= might the meteorite be given the name "Martyn's Mortuary"? LOL<B= R> <BR> Have a great evening Ya'll.<BR> <BR> Paul<BR> <BR> In a message dated 6/13/2003 7:15:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jgrossman_at_usg= s.gov writes:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"></FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000"= style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #80ffff" SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"A= rial" LANG=3D"0">Sorry to disappoint you, but Joel's Iron was named long bef= ore there was a <BR> NomCom. This name would indeed violate the modern Guidelines for Meteo= rite <BR> Nomenclature had it been found recently. There are other meteorites wi= th <BR> similar "grandfathered" names, e.g.. Lutschaunig's Stone, Holland's Store, <= BR> and my favorite, Slaghek's Iron.<BR> <BR> jeff</BLOCKQUOTE><BR> </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#0000ff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #80ffff" SIZE=3D3= FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_9.13407fa2.2c1bb61f_boundary-- Received on Fri 13 Jun 2003 07:19:59 PM PDT |
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