[meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update - 43 New Approvals and 1 Lunar (The Gobi Desert Opens Up)

From: Jim Wooddell <jim.wooddell_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:28:15 -0700
Message-ID: <54734E8F.3000901_at_suddenlink.net>

Hi Y'all

It would be nice to here from the NomCom in regards to this for my
education.

I do not have any issue with each meteorite (fragment/size or other)
being classified/submitted/approved for several reasons.
I very much appreciate the effort.

Would like to know more about the requests/submissions/ what is
required/involved for approval of pairing groups, etc. I know what the
guidelines say.
Are there existing pairing groups out there?

Have a great day!

Jim Wooddell



On 11/23/2014 5:43 PM, Anne Black via Meteorite-list wrote:
> No,
> Apologies to all members of the Nom.Comm who might be reading the Met
> List, but no, they did not find 41 meteorites in the Gobi, they found
> 41 Fragments of ONE meteorite.
> Just read the descriptions, and they are all identical: found within
> 48 hours, in an area of less than 4 square kilometers, all of them L5,
> S=5 and W=2, almost identical composition. No, 41 fragments of 1
> meteorite.
>
> Sorry, this is a blatant example of a pairing system that is not working.
> All buying of ............... You know the rest.
>
>
> Anne M. Black
> www.IMPACTIKA.com
> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> To: Meteorite List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sun, Nov 23, 2014 5:00 pm
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Met Bulletin Update - 43 New Approvals and 1
> Lunar (The Gobi Desert Opens Up)
>
>
> Hi Bulletin Watchers,
>
> Well, some of us had wondered in the past : Is there another untapped
> concentration of meteorites waiting to be found outside of NWA and
> Antarctica. Some (including myself) postulated that the Gobi desert
> was a possibility. In recent times, we are seeing more meteorites
> coming out of the Gobi. While these may never surface on the private
> market (or at least to the degree that NWA has), it appears the Gobi
> meteorites are there and are being recovered in increasing numbers.
>
> There are 43 new approvals - most are OC's from China and the Gobi.
> There is also an iron from Brazil and 4 new meteorites from the NWA
> DCA, including a lunar.
>
> Link :
> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=2&pnt=Normal%20table&dr=&page=0
>
> Best regards and Happy Huntings,
>
> MikeG
>
> --

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Jim Wooddell
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Received on Mon 24 Nov 2014 10:28:15 AM PST