[meteorite-list] CV metachondrite pairings

From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat May 20 13:25:34 2006
Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060520130958.05c816a0_at_usgs.gov>

At 12:22 PM 5/20/2006, David Weir wrote:
>... then NWA 3133 was determined to be a CV metachondrite and was
>eventually classified as an ungrouped primitive achondrite. I
>suspect it will eventually be reclassified as CV metachondrite
>consistent with what is presented on the NAU website. NWA 1839 never
>made the official transition from L7 to ungrouped PAC, but it too
>will probably eventually get a CV metachondrite label as it is
>presently recognized on the NAU website.

Nothing is likely to appear in the Meteoritical Bulletin or the MB
database as a "metachondrite" until there is a refereed publication
that defines the term and until this term at least partially
displaces "primitive achondrite" in the scientific literature.

jeff

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Received on Sat 20 May 2006 01:25:26 PM PDT