[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>

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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


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=3D"#0000ff" SIZE=3D3 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">Good ev=
ening Jeff, and All,<BR>
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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"?&nbsp;&nbsp; LOL<B=
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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>
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rial" LANG=3D"0">Sorry to disappoint you, but Joel's Iron was named long bef=
ore there was a <BR>
NomCom.&nbsp; This name would indeed violate the modern Guidelines for Meteo=
rite <BR>
Nomenclature had it been found recently.&nbsp; There are other meteorites wi=
th <BR>
similar "grandfathered" names, e.g.. Lutschaunig's Stone, Holland's Store, <=
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and my favorite,&nbsp; Slaghek's Iron.<BR>
<BR>
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Received on Fri 13 Jun 2003 07:19:59 PM PDT


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