[meteorite-list] Name of Texas Fall: Ash Creek

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:03:46 -0500
Message-ID: <79968E904A1F4059852CE99029DCD875_at_ATARIENGINE2>

Hi,

    I would suggest that the best way for a dealer
to advertise by name would be to start off with:

    West, Texas (ASH CREEK), Witnessed Fall, etc...

and migrate with time and familiarity to:

    ASH CREEK (West, Texas), Witnessed Fall, etc...

Very useful invention, the parenthesis; It's like
having hip pockets... handy.


Sterling K. Webb
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Name of Texas Fall: Ash Creek


> Chris,
>
> If I write a scientific paper, I will call it Ash Creek. For
> commercial
> purposes, if it isn't illegal, I will keep calling it West.
>
> After all, that is the purpose of having synonyms is so that you can
> call
> things by other names, right?
>
> There will be no confusion to me. I don't think anyone else in the
> community will be confused. Anyone that says "Ash Creek" we will know
> what they
> are saying. Anyone that uses the "West" name, we will know what they
> are
> saying as well. Just like if they say it is from the "United States"
> or they
> say it is from "America."
>
> I agree with Mark that some meteorites that have already been sold
> with
> the name "West" might get "lost" in the TKW tallies. Some
> collections
> (public and private) will have "West" on their labels instead of "Ash
> Creek."
> But 75 years from now, it will be just as easy to sort out as
> "Toluca" on a
> Glen Huss label is from "Xiquipilco" on a Nininger label... they are
> the
> same rock.
>
> The only confusion will probably be in the collector market, and I
> don't
> think the NomCom cares all that much about the collector market, or
> that the
> name "West" has been used in all the media references up until now.
> Just
> Google Search "West Meteorite" then search "Ash Creek Meteorite." If
> they
> did care, the official name would have been assigned within a few
> days and
> this minor confusion would have easily been avoided. Their priority
> is for
> the scientific side of things, not the pop culture side of things.
>
> Steve Arnold
> Arkansas
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 4/16/2009 11:33:08 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> clp at alumni.caltech.edu writes:
> Perhaps those who seek to commercially trade new falls within the
> first
> few
> weeks of recovery need to be a bit more careful with _their_
> nomenclature.
> There is a reason why a formal naming process exists (and face it,
> "West"
> is
> a horrible name that should never have been used). IMO, if you're
> going to
> sell early, you shouldn't give it a name at all, just a description
> ("the
> recent, as-yet-unnamed fall near West, Texas").
>
> I can say with some confidence, as somebody who only deals with
> meteorites
> in scientific collections, that this name "change" isn't going to
> cause
> any
> confusion at all.
>
> Chris
>
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Received on Thu 16 Apr 2009 07:03:46 PM PDT