[meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, 'Dealers', Science, & NomCom

From: stan . <laser_maniac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Nov 25 13:10:54 2004
Message-ID: <BAY101-F26F8F2F89FD4921DD08CB9F0B90_at_phx.gbl>

>Unfortunately, it is not that simple. As I wrote in my previous
>message, the stone was sent to a major lab for classification.
>They cut off a type specimen, made a thin section, and classified
>the stone accordingly. The result was that it is paired to another
>NWA chondrite that already has (at least) three separate numbers.
>So the lab said they won't bother to add yet another number to
>the very same material.

out of curiosity are you talking about an actual instance that happened to
you, or is this a hypothetical situation? why owuld a lab bother to look at
a stone and not go the final step to assign a nwa number to it? to be honest
I dont know that much about the classification process from the 'inside'
perspective, but that sounds like quiting a 30k marathon at the 29.9km mark
because you decided it just wasnt worth your time to finish.
Received on Thu 25 Nov 2004 01:09:57 PM PST