[meteorite-list] Question

From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jan 17 09:50:51 2006
Message-ID: <7.0.0.16.2.20060117094810.024d2da0_at_usgs.gov>

Different. A slash means it was classified as being transitional
between the two types, H4 and H5. A hyphen means it is a breccia of
H4 through H5 lithologies.

jeff

At 09:45 AM 1/17/2006, Dave Carothers wrote:
>Good day all.
>
>I have perhaps a very dumb question that I haven't been able to find the
>answer to.
>
>When the Met Bul shows the classification of a meteorite, it sometimes uses
>the notation X/Y or X-Y. For example you may have a meteorite classified as
>H4/5 or H4-5. Are these two classifications the same or different. If
>different, how so?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dave
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Received on Tue 17 Jan 2006 09:50:43 AM PST