[meteorite-list] Question for type collectors

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:14:33 -0500
Message-ID: <e51421550904142014n51388612jfc6b24bd77745e0e_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi folks!

I am not a type collector per-se, but I like to keep track of how many
different petrologic types I have in my collection.

I have a silly question about type collecting -

Do type collectors consider each type of iron a seperate petrologic
type? For example, are all octahedrites considered 1 type? Or is it
different types for "coarsest", "coarse", "medium", "fine", etc?

Right now I have 42 petrologic types - counting ALL irons as only one
type. Should I go through my collection and correct that count to
reflect the different types - IIAB, IAB, IVA, etc?

Thanks in advance!

MikeG

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Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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Received on Tue 14 Apr 2009 11:14:33 PM PDT