[meteorite-list] NWA 7034

From: Jeff Grossman <jngrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:58:11 -0500
Message-ID: <5102F1E3.8040004_at_gmail.com>

This does not apply to meteorites from dense collection areas.
Technically, each newly found stone should get its own number. If they
are highly distinct, it is possible to declare an official pairing which
will appear in MetBull, and have them treated as one meteorite for the
purpose of determining type specimen requirements.

Jeff

On 1/25/2013 1:45 PM, Jim Wooddell wrote:
> Carl, Greg,
>
> It's my understanding the names of meteorites, once determined they
> pair to another, should then have the same name, eliminating one of
> the names.
>
> Is this not correct???
>
> Cheers!
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Carl Agee <agee at unm.edu> wrote:
>> Hi Greg,
>>
>> The NWA 7034 "main mass" is the original ~320g single stone "Black
>> Beauty" that I started working on back in August of 2011. For a while
>> I thought it was the only one in existence, but over the past few
>> months more stones, all smaller than 320, have been recovered. The two
>> additional stones that I have personally inspected are 107.5g and 65g.
>> So that is 492g, plus the 84g pairing NWA 7533 (which by the way is
>> geochemically identical to NWA 7034 and clearly from the same
>> meteoroid). I have recently seen photos of additional stones, so you
>> are correct that the Black Beauty TKW is probably a bit more than 1kg.
>> When the dust settles, I hope to revise the NWA 7034 write-up in
>> MetBull and list the TKW. Personally, I think it is very confusing to
>> have a bunch of NWA# pairings, when all these stones are so clearly
>> pieces of the same rock, they are unlike any other meteorite both in
>> hand sample and geochemically.
>>
>> By the way, we will be presenting new data at LPSC (not in the Science
>> paper) on noble gases that have been measured in NWA 7034, which are a
>> match for Viking measurements of Martian atmosphere. Also the cosmic
>> ray exposure age is likely ~5 my, the size of the NWA 7034 meteoroid
>> in interplanetary space (before Earth entry) is estimated at diameter
>> ~50 cm, so anyone hoping that there are many 10s of kg of Black Beauty
>> on the ground in the Saraha will be disappointed.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Carl Agee
>>
>> --
>> Carl B. Agee
>> Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
>> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
>> MSC03 2050
>> University of New Mexico
>> Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
>>
>> Tel: (505) 750-7172
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>> Email: agee at unm.edu
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>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Greg Hup? <gmhupe at centurylink.net> wrote:
>>> Hi Carl,
>>>
>>> It is lunch time for us Floridians so I am just taking a break and munching
>>> on some SNACS...
>>>
>>> Seriously, What is the current count of NWA 7034 'official' pairings and how
>>> many stones constitute each of those? We have all heard of 'paired' stones
>>> making the current stone count at about a dozen or so "IF" they are indeed
>>> paired to NWA 7034. We have been hearing and seeing images of stones offered
>>> from Moroccan dealers as pairings.
>>>
>>> If I read it all correctly, the original single 320g stone was the first
>>> "NWA 7034" one. Are the three stones pictured in all of the press releases
>>> part of one stone that adds up to 320 grams? If not, what are the weights of
>>> the additional two stones and/or do they each have their own NWA numbers?
>>> Also, I heard there is a 240 gram stone with the owner of the first 320g
>>> stone, has this been confirmed yet?
>>>
>>> The only 'officially' paired stone that I am aware of is NWA 7533 weighing
>>> in at 84 grams.
>>>
>>> If all of the stones that are 'guaranteed' paired to NWA 7034 by Moroccan
>>> dealers, the combined weight is exceeding 1000 grams which is pretty cool
>>> for such a unique meteorite!
>>>
>>> Congrats again to all involved in bringing this new Martian meteorite to
>>> light!
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Greg
>>>
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>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Carl Agee
>>> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 11:33 AM
>>> To: meteoritelist meteoritelist
>>>
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 7034
>>>
>>> Jeff,
>>>
>>> Now that you are at NASA you can appreciate the perverse things people
>>> do with words just to come up with a cool acronym. Making the new
>>> Martian meteorite acronym even half way cool requires some drastic
>>> measures, like giving NWA 7034 Basaltic Breccia Black Beauty a new
>>> name based on locality: I propose "saharaite". So we now have the
>>> meteorites from Mars or "SCANS"
>>>
>>> S: shergottite
>>> C: chassignite
>>> A: ALH 84001
>>> N: nakhlite
>>> S: saharaite
>>>
>>> Enjoy!
>>>
>>> Carl Agee
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Carl B. Agee
>>> Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics
>>> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
>>> MSC03 2050
>>> University of New Mexico
>>> Albuquerque NM 87131-1126
>>>
>>> Tel: (505) 750-7172
>>> Fax: (505) 277-3577
>>> Email: agee at unm.edu
>>> http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/
>>>
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>> Message: 19
>>> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:43:04 -0500
>>> From: Jeff Grossman <jngrossman at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 7034
>>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Message-ID: <5102A808.5040709 at gmail.com>
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>>>
>>> Don't forget ALH 84001, the pyroxenite.
>>>
>>> SNCPB?
>>>
>>> If we use the N from NWA instead of B, and the A from ALH, how about CANNS?
>>>
>>> Or maybe we should just do the sensible thing and call them Martian
>>> meteorites?
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> On 1/24/2013 4:42 PM, hall at meteorhall.com wrote:
>>>> Hi Paul,
>>>> I like the "SNCB". It sounds like a radio station's call
>>>> letters...Stay
>>>> tuned for all of your Martian meteorite news from SNCB.
>>>> Regards, Fred H.
>>>>
>>>>> How shall we organize the new class of Martian?
>>>>>
>>>>> Until now it has been SNC
>>>>>
>>>>> How about B or B squared for BASALTIC BRECCIA ?
>>>>>
>>>>> SNCB
>>>>>
>>>>> What say you all?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Paul Gessler
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