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

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:35 2004
Message-ID: <20031023220009.5366.qmail_at_web60305.mail.yahoo.com>

What Allan is alluding to, is that the usage of the
term "SNC" has now "gone out of favor". Most editors
are replacing this term with . . . like the one that
Allan suggested.

Bob V.

----------- Original Message ----------
[meteorite-list] Lherzolites -- expand SNC to SNCL?
Treiman, Allan Treiman_at_lpi.usra.edu
Thu, 23 Oct 2003 15:25:58 -0500

Dont forget ALH84001!

  Call them SNACL. Or better, just Martian
meteorites.

aht

Allan H. Treiman
Senior Staff Scientist
Lunar and Planetary Institute
3600 Bay Area Boulevard
Houston, TX 77058-1113
   281-486-2117
   281-486-2162 (FAX)


-----Original Message-----
From: Matson, Robert [mailto:ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:58 PM
To: 'David Weir'; Norbert Classen
Cc: Meteorite Mailing List
Subject: [meteorite-list] Lherzolites -- expand SNC to
SNCL?


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

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Received on Thu 23 Oct 2003 06:00:09 PM PDT