[meteorite-list] Interesting Trivia - Black Beauty Moniker

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 15:55:35 -0800
Message-ID: <77f5ca27-f06f-e362-a856-0a511ecf15b4_at_centurylink.net>

John,

I use the official name, "NWA 5000" in all of my descriptions. I cannot
help that it is also legendary.

Here are a few monikers for NWA 5000; "The Rock", "Cosmic Masterpiece",
"NWA5K" and "Monolith Monster"

Do you think these nick names will have any meaning a few years from
now? That is the reason I put either Northwest Africa 5000 or NWA 5000
on the descriptions and ID cards. I certainly never plagiarize
copyrighted material used to describe other meteorites.

Adam






On 11/13/2017 3:37 PM, Bigjohn Shea wrote:
> "The meaning of nick names or monikers will be lost in a generation or two, while official names will stand the test of time."
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> So you're planning to stop calling NWA 5000, "The Legendary, NWA 5000"?
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> ;-) ;-)
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> John
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> On 11/13/17 at 5:05 PM, Adam Hupe via Meteorite-list wrote:
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>> An interesting piece of trivia:
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>> Did you know that the nickname "Black Beauty" originated with a
>> completely different Martian meteorite 9 years before NWA 7034 was
>> announced. Black Beauty was also used as a moniker to describe a fall
>> within months of when NWA 7034 was made official.
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>> Supporting documentation:
>> https://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/newsroom/pressreleases/20030212c.html
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>> NWA 1460:
>> https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=NWA+1460&sfor=names&ants=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&snew=0&pnt=Normal%20table&code=32318
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>> This demonstrates the need to use official classification nomenclature
>> used to describe officially studied meteorites. The meaning of nick
>> names or monikers will be lost in a generation or two, while official
>> names will stand the test of time.
>>
>> Adam
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Received on Mon 13 Nov 2017 06:55:35 PM PST