[meteorite-list] Hualapai Wash 003

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Mar 21 13:24:53 2005
Message-ID: <20050301175211.41320.qmail_at_web51703.mail.yahoo.com>

John Gwilliam wrote:
> Do you suppose that this will require the renaming >
of Hualapai 001 - 020?

John and Bob H. and Cj,

No, this won't "require" the renaming of anything that
was only provisional named. But it will bring about
the reclassification of Gold Basin.
The referenced abstract suggests:

Gold Basin L4-6 (br)

And, yes, this does "show what good science can do".
But it also shows the positive results from the
collaboration of collectors and researchers. Because
if it wasn't for the keen eye of various collectors
and hunters, the "L6" characteristics may never have
been recognized and properly recorded.

Bob V.


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[meteorite-list] Hualapai Wash 003
JKGwilliam h3chondrite at cox.net
Tue Mar 1 11:26:58 EST 2005


Bob,
Thanks for the link concerning Hualapai Wash and Gold
Basin.

There has been a lot of behind the scenes talk about
this issue over the past four or five years. Some
thought that it was incredible that there would be
twenty (20) different Hualapai Wash meteorites in
addition to the original Gold Basin find. The idea
that the Gold Basin meteoroid was a heterogeneous mass
appears to have some merit now. This just goes to
show what good science can do.

Do you suppose that this will require the renaming of
Hualapai 001 - 020?

Best,
John Gwilliam
Received on Tue 01 Mar 2005 12:52:11 PM PST