[meteorite-list] What are the top 10 mostscientificallyimportant meteorites?

From: ensoramanda at ntlworld.com <ensoramanda_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 2:26:07 +0000
Message-ID: <20090215022607.AIKQ8.409989.root_at_web07-winn.ispmail.private.ntl.com>

Hi Walter, Jason and all,

I am glad this thread has continued with some very interesting nominations, however Jason is right...it is much easier to put together a list of favourite meteorites for 'collectors', but as Walter said, we have often wondered about what specific advances in our understanding of our solar system have come from meteoritics. Hence the question, which I was hoping might bring some specific examples from a few of the scientists studying specific meteorites....or a summary with useful links to relevant papers.

Graham

---- Walter Branch <waltbranch at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> This is actually a very good question. Thanks Graham. I have often thought
> about this. I have deliberately refrained from chiming in until now. Why?
> Because at the moment I am home alone and have nothing better to do with my
> time.
>
> I would like the meteoriticists on the list to give their opinion. Seems
> natural, since Graham inquired about the most important meteorites from a
> scientifice point-of-view.
>
> As a meteorite collector and not a meteorite researcher, I have my own
> opinion but who cares about my opinion? Okay, well maybe one person does so
> I would list (in no particular order) Murchison, Allende, all the Lunars and
> Martian s equally, etc.
>
> Well, that's not 10, is it?
>
> BTW, Carancas would not make my personal list but again, who cares? (That
> is a rhetoricalquestion, BTW)
>
> Getting back to my original point, before this thread dies, I would like to
> to hear from the Jeff Grossman, Everett Gibson and Allan Treiman's of the
> list (I really do not like listing names because I invariablly leave some
> deserving person out).
>
> BTW, I saw Everett Gibson on that History Channel documentary about Tunguska
> a few nights ago. Everett looks like he would be equally adept at the
> hands of a BBQ as he would an SEM :-)
>
> Don't get me wrong - I mean no disrespect to Dr. Gibeon. I happen to love
> BBQs!
>
> And while I am at it. I owe Donald Yoeman's and JPL an apology. A year or
> two ago I sort of denigrated JPL for it's lack meteorite research. I had
> forgotten that Dr. Yoeman's (and other's) are at JPL. My belated apologies.
>
> Without making this post too long (I know, too late). How about it? What
> do the scientists think are the most scientifically important meteorites?
>
> -Walter Branch
>
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