[meteorite-list] What are the top 10 most scientificallyimportantmeteorites?

From: Dave Gheesling <dave_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:45:49 -0500
Message-ID: <05EBE9C406B749A7A2940B9D2A0FF80F_at_meteorroom>

Very much agree, Martin. The Darwinian/Coperincan moment...the tipping
point that opened the door to the entire field, indeed (in spite of
Chladni's incredible work, which should have been enough).
Dave
www.fallingrocks.com

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scientificallyimportantmeteorites?

Hola Martin,
I would have to disagree - when you go that far back, you wind up dealing
with meteorites that are of historic, rather than scientific interest.
L'Aigle may be something of an exception because it did lead to the
*scientific* acceptance of meteorites, but, from today's scientific
perspective, I wouldn't call it very important, never mind giving it a place
in the top ten. It's an ordinary chondrite, of which there are thousands -
it's no more special than, say, Tenham or Gao - from a purely scientific
point of view.
One might as well call the earliest fossils found the most important, simply
because they were found back in the day and led to our recognition of what
they really represented...while they may be important, I would hesitate to
call them extremely important from a scientific point of view.
Regards,
Jason

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Martin Altmann
<altmann at meteorite-martin.de> wrote:
> I choose L'Aigle as N?1.
>
> Cause else they wouldn't have recognized, that Chladni was right and
> that they are from space.
>
> Best!
> Martin
>
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> importantmeteorites?
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> Hi all,
>
> Just thought it might be interesting to discover list members opinions
> on what they would choose as the most important meteorites with regard
> to science? Which ones have been the most significant in increasing
> our understanding of the evolution of our solar system, and what they
> have taught us?
>
> Graham Ensor, UK.
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