[meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame?

From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Feb 20 20:28:54 2005
Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20050220201125.033d2bf8_at_gsvaresm02.er.usgs.gov>

Donga Donga is not an official name. The official ones are Big Rock Donga
(H6), Billygoat Donga (L6), Dingo Pup Donga (Ureilite), Camel Donga
(Eucrite) plus 39 numbered Camels Donga (is that the plural?), not to
mention Donga Kohrod (a 19th century H6 fall from India).

Johnny's Donga is lost.

Jeff

At 05:42 PM 2/20/2005, you wrote:
>I have an informal "Donga" collection myself! I have Camel Donga, Big
>Rock Donga, and my latest - Billy Goat Donga.
>Still seeking Johnny's Donga and Dingo Pup Donga.....and now, apparently,
>Donga Donga which I didn't even know existed!
>
>I am in Alaska and still hoping that the heavens deposit something in:
>Chicken
>Eek
>Kinnickinnick
>Chackachatna
>Dead Horse
>Nogahabara
>Eureka
>Knik
>Unalakleet
>Koyokuk
>Good News Bay
>Mary's Igloo
>Sleetmute
>Aleknagik
>Kongiganak
>....you get the idea. I think we'd give those Austrialian meteorites a run
>for their money!
>
>:0)
>Jeannie
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Walter Branch" <branchw_at_bellsouth.net>
>To: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:22 AM
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame?
>
>
>>Hi Dave,
>>
>>Shoot, I'd pay extra for those names!
>>
>>I really like Australian names, particularly
>>anything ending in "Donga."
>>
>>My favorite: Donga Donga
>>
>>Local names around here might include:
>>Rincon
>>Springfield
>>Pooler
>>Garden City
>>Thunderbolt (not bad, though)
>>Guyton
>>Register
>>Tybee
>>Denmark (has one stop light, no wait
>>it's a four way crossing)
>>Hopeulikeit (no kidding)
>>Statesboro (oops, already taken)
>>
>>Not very imaginative!
>>
>>-Walter
>>
>>
>>---------------------------------------------
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "David Freeman" <dfreeman_at_fascination.com>
>>To: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
>>Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 12:20 PM
>>Subject: [meteorite-list] What's in a name? Name your meteorite for fame?
>>
>>
>>>Dear List;
>>>I would suppose no one has cold hunted locations specifically to find a
>>>meteorite that could be named a more valuable name, except maybe that
>>>Beer Bottle Pass character....(just kidding John), but, I have composed
>>>a list of local locations with interesting names that may add/detract
>>>from the value of the meteorite on name image alone.
>>>Feel free to offer comment.
>>>
>>>Boar's Tusk
>>>Whiskey Buttes
>>>Church Buttes
>>>Little Mountain
>>>Butcherknife Draw
>>>Little America
>>>Little Firehole
>>>Big Firehole
>>>Bitter Creek
>>>Massacre Hill
>>>Diamond Mountain
>>>Vermilion Creek
>>>Black Rock
>>>(and my favorite) Star Valley
>>>*Some, like Black Rock and Vermillion Creek may be previously taken I
>>>suspect.
>>>
>>>Daytona,
>>>Dave F.
>>>
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Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman phone: (703) 648-6184
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Received on Sun 20 Feb 2005 08:28:57 PM PST