[meteorite-list] Re-2: Rocks from Space Picture of the Day -April 10, 2008

From: Dark Matter <freequarks_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:29:35 -0600
Message-ID: <822da19a0804110929o2ae8c26bh5ec2417bbf26f399_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Mike,

Since I don't have the hardcover RFS that Bernd said has the corrected
pic, maybe you could compare the correct Bruderheim pic to your slice.
Maybe it is in RFS after all, but just the hardcover ed.

Cheers

Martin



On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Mike Bandli <fuzzfoot at comcast.net> wrote:
> Good catch, Martin! I never looked at the detail of that pic, but now that I
> have, I agree. Bummer! Farmer's specimen card said 'Pictured in Norton's
> RFS,' so I assumed the caption was correct in the book. Looks like it is the
> book that is incorrect.
>
> Michael Johnson, if you could delete that RFS reference in your RFSPOD April
> 10, 2008, that would be great.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike Bandli
>
>
>
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> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re-2: Rocks from Space Picture of the Day
> -April 10, 2008
>
> Hi Bernd,
>
> Thanks for corrected correction.
>
> I remember talking to Richard a few years ago about a couple picture /
> caption issues in RFS, and I recall him saying something about the
> proofs from the publisher do not have the pictures embedded in them so
> all he can do is check the text of the pic without knowing for sure
> what pic will end up above the caption.
>
> Mislabeled pics, sideways pics and upsidedown pics are not rare in
> meteorite pubs. But either way, I think the system is better than
> having the captions many pages away and in need of a cross-reference
> to a plate and page number just to identify what's in the pic (ala
> Nininger).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Martin
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:45 PM, <bernd.pauli at paulinet.de> wrote:
> > Hi Martin, Mike and all,
> >
> > "How do I know this? Because the exact same picture
> > appears on page 188 with the presumed correct caption"
> >
> > I concur. Bruderheim is a beautiful chondrite. My partially crusted
> > part slice (6.2 gr) also comes from Mike Farmer and it looks pretty
> > much like Mike B's with those "rusty halos".
> >
> > As for the captions in RFS, it depends on the edition we have. The
> > 1998 edition still has the wrong cption while everything is properly
> > rendered in the 2001 (hardcover) edition.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Bernd
> >
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