[meteorite-list] Novato update

From: Jim Wooddell <jimwooddell_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:04:51 -0700
Message-ID: <CAH_zgwHYV4C7JEVgN_8Xk44HSjJxFVaL_xEYUP7awcjdcKQ_pw_at_mail.gmail.com>

I looked for that slice on Ebay and can not find it.

Jim


On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Matson, Robert D.
<ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been informed by one of the Novato finders that this is a
> non-issue. Dr. Jenniskens has long-since pledged to donate more
> than adequate Novato type specimen to UCLA for it to be approved
> by the Nomenclature Committee. That it hasn't happened already is
> simply because Dr. Jenniskens wished to ensure that all academic
> requests for meteoritical material were handled promptly. 29 grams
> of the first recovered stone were generously donated by Lisa Webber
> to SETI for scientific analysis; of that, whatever is not consumed
> in destructive analyses has been promised to UCLA. So there is no
> cause for alarm; people just need to be patient. --Rob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Brown [mailto:scientificlifestyle at hotmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 8:36 PM
> To: Matson, Robert D.; Jim Wooddell; Michael Farmer; Robert Verish; Met List
> Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Getting Novato approved
>
> Hello Rob, the other Novato searchers and the List,
>
> This is a very interesting Urban fall and a very challenging meteorite to hunt.
>
> Personally, I hunted my backside off and did not find a crumb (although, I went right past the individual that Bob Verish discovered, like within 4-6 feet!).
>
> Is not the rule 20 grams or 20% if the original mass was less than 100 grams?
>
> If the finder that deposited ~14.4 grams represented that as 20% of the individual meteorite found, does that not meet the Meteoritical Society Nomenclature Committee guidelines?
>
> Personally, I would very much like to see this one in the Bulletin.
>
> I would be very interested in understanding the masses that were found.
>
> Yours in Science,
> Pat Brown
>
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