[meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, 'Dealers', Science, & NomCom

From: stan . <laser_maniac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Nov 25 13:14:05 2004
Message-ID: <BAY101-F273FBC213E2F43CAD3990EF0B90_at_phx.gbl>

>You may go to the Met Soc web site and fill the form for declaration of a
>new meteorite.
>If the report of the lab says it is paired, the Nom Com will probably
>declare an additionnal mass to the already known NWA. And you will not
>steal a number to anyone. But you will wait for next July.
>It works for non NWA meteorites, I do not see why it could not work for a
>NWA meteorite. Are they so different ?


I thought the NomCom already adressed this issue when they said that all new
masses from nwa need to have a new number. If you could just 'add on' weight
as you propose above half of the discussion on the list that has occured
recently would be moot
Received on Thu 25 Nov 2004 01:13:40 PM PST