[meteorite-list] Need help naming new group

From: Dave Johnson <dlj0202_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:41 2004
Message-ID: <1056054913_74554_at_det1>

>I guess you are never too old to learn. This greatly
narrows down the
>choice of terms in naming this new group. Jeff may have
won with the
<"HED-clan peridotite" which someday may be called a "Vesta
peridotite".
>This is much clearer than the term "Olivine Diogenite".


Perhaps just as a slightly "cleaner" version, might using
"HED-group peridotite" rather than "HED-clan peridotite" be
a bit better?

Dave Johnson
Received on Thu 19 Jun 2003 03:31:06 PM PDT