[meteorite-list] PALEO Meteorite||||Was Very Rare NWA2828

From: Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:52:48 -0500
Message-ID: <ugk0q29mu0mhhntkp99f3ed23lokt1l887_at_4ax.com>

On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 17:41:40 -0800 (PST), you wrote:

>I dont think that "Paleo" is a proper way to describe
>them as these meteorites are not paleolithic.
>Paleolithic is an era starting just before mesolithic

"Paleo" just means old-- "paleolithic" is the "old stone age". Also used in
"paleozoic". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleozoic
Received on Sat 06 Jan 2007 08:52:48 PM PST