[meteorite-list] NWA 7034

From: Carl Agee <agee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:06:33 -0700
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Hi Anne,

I have to agree with you a bit about acronyms, and I do think that
"Martian, Basalt Breccia" is a fine simple descriptive type for NWA
7034 -- hey, that's what I classified it as!

But, I think it is worth clarifying that eucrites are HEDs (howardite,
eucrite, diogenite) and of course some of the eucrites are breccias.
The difference for NWA 7034 is that is not a shergottite breccia, a
nakhlite breccia, or chassignite breccia -- not an SNC type martian
meteorite. It is an alkali-rich basalt, thus a new type of martian --
which also happens to be a breccia.


Carl Agee

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On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Anne Black <impactika at aol.com> wrote:
> Please,
> No, no more acronyms!
> The world is being invaded by those meaningless, un-translatable
> monstrosities.
> Lets make it simple.
> We have had for a long time such a thing as: Achondrite Eucrite Polymict
> Breccia.
> Now we can have: Achondrite Martian Basaltic Breccia.
>
> Simple as that.
>
> Anne M. Black
> www.IMPACTIKA.com
> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Agee <agee at unm.edu>
> To: meteoritelist meteoritelist <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Fri, Jan 25, 2013 9:33 am
> 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
>
>
> --
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> 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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> 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
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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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