[meteorite-list] Another eBay Correction - "Fossil" NWA 2828

From: Mark <mafer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 22:00:48 -0500
Message-ID: <006401c73208$08abea40$01fea8c0_at_maf>

Hi Greg

I know fossil comes from "to dig" or something on that order, and it's a
ready choice given the popular knowledge of the word. But, in this case
scientists shouldn't be overly concerned how the general public understands
it, what with other terms they use to describe meteorites and rocks in
general, what's one more term?
There's no hard feelings about it on my part. And it sure isn't your fault.
I'm just pointing out the obvious. If it's an accepted term or adopted as
the case may be, you sure can use it until a change comes along.

I sure don't mean to cause you any extra work either. You can never tell,
they might come up with one of those humorous sounding terms like bleb.

Mark

Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "Mark" <mafer at imagineopals.com>
Cc: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 9:19 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Another eBay Correction - "Fossil" NWA 2828


> Hi Mark, Dean and List,
>
> Boy, I should have started from scratch when I re-loaded my previously
> unsold eBay auctions of NWA 2828 "Fossil" EL3 meteorite. I've already
> corrected the TKW of 2828 and referenced "pairings". Now I notice I
> overlooked changing "Paleo" to "Fossil".
>
> Back to the revise button...
>
> Chalk it up to too much going on and too many changes! I hope I did not
> sound forward when pointing out "...my previous email with reference to
> the
> NWA 2828 abstract..." If so, I apologize for any perceived aggression, it
> was not meant that way.
>
> Best regards,
> Greg
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark" <mafer at imagineopals.com>
> To: "dean bessey" <deanbessey at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "meteoritelist" <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 8:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] PALEO Meteorite||||Was Very Rare NWA2828
>
>
>> Hi Dean and List
>>
>> Dean, I do agree. Paleo-anything has an anthropomorphic connotation about
>> it. Relic has a manmade feel to it. Fossil denotes something once extent,
>> now dead and what we have are it's mineralized bones and traces.
>>
>> Prius means before, maybe that would be less of a problem.
>>
>> Mark Ferguson
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "dean bessey" <deanbessey at yahoo.com>
>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 8:41 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] PALEO Meteorite||||Was Very Rare NWA2828
>>
>>
>>> --- Matt Morgan <mmorgan at mhmeteorites.com> wrote:
>>>> How long does it take to be considered "paleo"? All
>>>> the means is "old".
>>>> Please shed some light on this for me...
>>>> Matt Morgan
>>>>
>>> I dont think that "Paleo" is a proper way to describe
>>> them as these meteorites are not paleolithic.
>>> Paleolithic is an era starting just before mesolithic
>>> (13,000 or somewhere around that years ago - I cant
>>> remember exactly) going back to the dawn of man which
>>> is around 2.5 million years ago.
>>> Well there is dispute when the first man showed up but
>>> it certainly wasnt 110 million years ago like the Lake
>>> murrey "paleo" meteorite which is a Cretaceous
>>> meteorite - not a paleolithic one.
>>> "Relic", which has also been used is a much better
>>> word to describe these meteorites.
>>> Cheers
>>> DEAN
>>> www.meteoriteshop.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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