[meteorite-list] Question about oriented meteorites

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Dec 5 23:39:11 2004
Message-ID: <00e801c4db4d$83263320$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

Robert, there is no such word as orientated. I have seen it too, never knew
where people got that word from.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Woolard" <meteoritefinder_at_yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 9:02 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Question about oriented meteorites


> Hello List and Mike,
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> Mike just posted this a short while ago:
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> " Subject: Oriented meteorite listed now.
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2291946404
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> Here it is, just loaded.
> Mike "
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> First of all...... WOW!! Awesome specimen, Mike!
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> Secondly, this is a good time to ask a question that
> I've wondered about now and then. I, too would have
> used the exact word " oriented " to describe this
> stone, and I know that is correct. But I often see
> other list members using the term "orientated" (with
> an extra "-at-"in the word). So my question is: Are
> both terms proper, or is "oriented" the ONLY correct
> term to use to describe such a meteorite as this?
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> Thanks for any help with this question,
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> Robert Woolard
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Received on Sun 05 Dec 2004 11:38:59 PM PST