[meteorite-list] Lherzolites -- expand SNC to SNCL?

From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:35 2004
Message-ID: <AF564D2B9D91D411B9FE00508BF1C86901B4EE7E_at_US-Torrance.mail.saic.com>

Hi David, Norbert and List,

David inquired:

> I wonder why it is still the convention to name this Martian group
> "lherzolitic shergottites". Although this geochemical group was
> historically included as a subgroup within the shergottite class,
> and therefore its members were called lherzolitic shergottites (or
> shergottitic peridotites), there is no genetic relationship between
> the basaltic and lherzolitic subgroups. The term "lherzolites" was
> proposed by Eugster and Polnau in 1997 to represent this unique
> group of Martian meteorites.

Perhaps some day we'll expand SNC (snick) to SNCL (snickle/snickel).
At least it would maintain a pronounceable acronym. ;-) --Rob
Received on Thu 23 Oct 2003 03:58:14 PM PDT