[meteorite-list] Is Amgala Official? / New Bulletin
From: Tom Knudson <peregrineflier_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue May 10 19:30:47 2005 Message-ID: <01fa01c555b8$4a255070$2d107918_at_Michelle> Hi Mike and list, speaking of Canyon Diablo, what was the reasoning for that name? Thanks, Tom peregrineflier <>< http://www.frontiernet.net/~peregrineflier/Peregrineflier.htm http://fstop.proboards24.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael L Blood" <mlblood_at_cox.net> To: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites_at_comcast.net>; "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Is Amgala Official? / New Bulletin > on 5/10/05 10:47 AM, Adam Hupe at raremeteorites_at_comcast.net wrote: > > > Another note: I still think most will still use the name Amgala. This is > > because most collectors know it under this name. > ---------- > Hi Adam and all, > I respectfully disagree - eventually, it will be known by its true > name, though "formerly called Amgala" is likely to be around a while. > The name approved by the Nomenclature Committee is the name. > I can call Canyon Diablo "Meteor Crater" all I want, it will always be, > however, Canyon Diablo. In fact, many meteorite collectors could call > it "Meteor Crater" and it would still be Canyon Diablo and there would > always be those that refuse to use the wrong nomenclature and respectable > dealers would label it properly. > I have seen this phenomenon in botany: Fucaria columnaris was > known for many years as "Idria columnaris, until, about two > decades ago it was reclassified as a species of Fucaria. While to this > day, one occasionally sees it advertised in exotic plant catalogs as > Idria columnaris, it is Fucaria columnaris because it belongs to the > genus Fucaria in the formal botanical Taxon. > What has been called Amgala will be known as Oum Dreyga because > it is being officially entered in the formal meteorite Taxon as Oum Dreyga. > Best wishes, Michael > > -- > "You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are." > -Herb Cohen > -- > If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Received on Tue 10 May 2005 07:30:44 PM PDT |
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