[meteorite-list] NWA's and Counting Localities

From: Charlie Devine <moonrock25_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:55:40 2004
Message-ID: <11822-3C36FC13-1608_at_storefull-135.iap.bryant.webtv.net>

Dear List:

I want to sit down soon and count the number of localities in my
collection. It's a modest number, but in recent years I've purchased
quite a few classified NWA meteorites and I'm wondering: do I count
each classified specimen as a separate locality ( and if I have 2 with
different numbers but I know they're paired I would count that as one
locality ), or is it more "honest" or is it even a convention to simply
lump all my different NWA's together and count them all as one locality?
When I try to think this out I keep coming up with arguments for both
approaches. It seems silly to lump a lunar with an L6 but classification
and locality are 2 different things and with no, or very few, GPS
coordinates for any of them maybe lumping them all together as one vast
locality is correct?
Any thoughts on what may seem a "splitting-hairs" question?

Thanking you in advance,
Charlie
Received on Sat 05 Jan 2002 08:13:55 AM PST