[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 08:31:45 -0700
Message-ID: <54734F61.5070400_at_suddenlink.net>

Correction: It would be nice to *hear....
jw
On 11/24/2014 8:28 AM, Jim Wooddell via Meteorite-list wrote:
> 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 10:31:45 AM PST