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

From: David Weir <dgweir_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:10:01 -0500
Message-ID: <45A06489.9020004_at_earthlink.net>

Greg Hupe wrote:
> 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...

Yea, "fossil" may be accurate or maybe not, but why not use the broader
terminology as designated by NomCom in their latest revision in which
this new category is proposed?

Read it here in section 1.2(c) Relict meteorites:

http://www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/nc-guidelines.htm#s12c

This section is copied here for your convenience:

c) Special provisions are made in these Guidelines for highly altered
materials that may have a meteoritic origin, designated relict
meteorites, which are dominantly (>95%) composed of secondary minerals
formed on the body on which the object was found. Examples of such
material may include some types of "meteorite shale," "fossil
meteorites," and fusion crust.

David
Received on Sat 06 Jan 2007 10:10:01 PM PST