[meteorite-list] Need help naming new group
From: Pekka Savolainen <pekka.savolainen_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:40 2004 Message-ID: <3EF14394.6070907_at_dlc.fi> --------------080908050006060202050504 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hello, Mark, Adam and the list, it looks also to me, it may be a clearer way to name the new types honouring names or so. This is a tradition in minerology. The type can be diogenite - eucrite, but itīs called as Howardite, or olivine - diogenite as "Bostickite". Think itīs a good time to create a naming-tradition also for the types of meteorites now. New types have been found, and if you check the carbonaceus chondrites, the current tradition to give names for the babies is not good, CV, CK, CB donīt tell much, and when weīll have 20 types of CC:s, it will be quite a mess, the letters will end...in these cases we have to remember, the tradition should stay the next several hundred years. I suppose, we could borrow the tradition from mineralogy, the type can be the composition of the meteorite, but it can be named in a more clearer way, itīs same thing with the asteroids, it sounds much nicer to talk about Vesta than A18062003. We donīt call Alexandrite as beryllium-aluminium-oxide, and today it would sound funny to do so outside lab. But perhaps people had more imagination 100 years ago... just my 2 cents again, pekka MARK BOSTICK wrote: > Hello Adam and list, > > > > I also agree that the group should get more concise name. Calling > them "Olivine Diogenites" is like calling a Howardite a "Diogenite > Eucrite". It is a the best confusing. > > > > Mark Bostick > > www.MeteoriteArticles.com <http://www.MeteoriteArticles.com> > -- Pekka Savolainen Jokiharjuntie 4 FIN-71330 Rasala FINLAND + 358 400 818 912 Group Home Page: http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/eurocoin Group Email Address: eurocoin_at_smartgroups.com --------------080908050006060202050504 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html> <head> </head> <body> <br> Hello, Mark, Adam and the list,<br> <br> it looks also to me, it may be a clearer way to name the new<br> types honouring names or so. This is a tradition in minerology.<br> The type can be diogenite - eucrite, but it´s called as Howardite,<br> or olivine - diogenite as "Bostickite". <br> <br> Think it´s a good time to create a naming-tradition also for the types <br> of meteorites now. New types have been found, and if you check<br> the carbonaceus chondrites, the current tradition to give names <br> for the babies is not good, CV, CK, CB don´t tell much, and when<br> we´ll have 20 types of CC:s, it will be quite a mess, the letters will<br> end...in these cases we have to remember, the tradition should stay<br> the next several hundred years.<br> <br> I suppose, we could borrow the tradition from mineralogy, the type<br> can be the composition of the meteorite, but it can be named in a <br> more clearer way, it´s same thing with the asteroids, it sounds much<br> nicer to talk about Vesta than A18062003.<br> <br> We don´t call Alexandrite as beryllium-aluminium-oxide, and today it<br> would sound funny to do so outside lab. But perhaps people had more<br> imagination 100 years ago...<br> <br> just my 2 cents again,<br> <br> pekka<br> <br> MARK BOSTICK wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:BAY4-DAV72jQPjI24c900035def_at_hotmail.com"> <div>Hello Adam and list,</div> <div> </div> <div>I also agree that the group should get more concise name. Calling them "Olivine Diogenites" is like calling a Howardite a "Diogenite Eucrite". It is a the best confusing.</div> <div> </div> <div>Mark Bostick</div> <div><a href="http://www.MeteoriteArticles.com">www.MeteoriteArticles.com</a> </div> </blockquote> <br> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="$mailwrapcol">-- Pekka Savolainen Jokiharjuntie 4 FIN-71330 Rasala FINLAND + 358 400 818 912 Group Home Page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/eurocoin">http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/eurocoin</a> Group Email Address: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:eurocoin_at_smartgroups.com">eurocoin@smartgroups.com</a> </pre> <br> </body> </html> --------------080908050006060202050504--Received on Thu 19 Jun 2003 01:01:08 AM PDT |
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