[meteorite-list] Question

From: fcressy <fcressy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:42 2004
Message-ID: <000f01c31f09$982d53e0$0c6b1e43_at_g10fb>

Hi Steven,
I'm guessing it was given a collection number in the Antarctic and later
found to be terrestrial. They had to account for the number in the catalog.
Just my best guess,
Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: S. Singletary <jumper_at_MIT.EDU>
To: Meteorite Mailing List <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 12:17 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Question


> Hello all,
>
> I really needed to take a break, so I was perusing the "Catalog of
> Antarctic Meteorites" from the National Institute of Polar Research,
Tokyo,
> 1995.
> And in there I find Yamato-790146, classified as Terrestrial. Why
classify
> an antarctic specimen as terrestrial - why not just chuck it? Or is it a
> terrestrial meteorite?
>
> I'm bamboozled and buffaloed and any insights would be appreciated. I
> haven't been able to find anything else on this sample other than what is
> in this book - a number and the classification.
>
> Steven
>
>
>
>
> Steven Singletary
> 54-1224
> Dept. Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
> M.I.T.
> Cambridge, MA, 02139
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>
> Blue Skies!
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Received on Tue 20 May 2003 03:54:14 PM PDT