[meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828

From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 01:25:28 +1100
Message-ID: <000b01c7319e$8577e750$0201010a_at_mandin4f89ypwu>

Hi David,

What about irons & stony/irons etc? How do they fall into the new category?
There are quite a few shales in collections and I'm curious if they would be
considered 'relict'.

Cheers,

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: David Weir
To: STARSANDSCOPES at aol.com
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 1:20 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Very Rare NWA2828


Tom wrote:

>Isn't this the first fossil meteorite open to the collector market?

Since the new category of relict (or fossil) meteorites was adopted by
the Nomenclature Committee only this past October, I would imagine there
are likely other relict meteorites in our collections which have not
been so designated. The definition requires that more than 95% of a
meteorite has been replaced by secondary phases since its fall. The
meteorite Mills comes to mind as a possibility, but maybe its not quite
there yet.

David
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