[meteorite-list] Zapotectite- what kinda name is that?

From: brian burrer <brimane_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 15:07:21 -0500
Message-ID: <BANLkTik2v2=TgDFkC3Vx8ToFGC2Bis5_nA_at_mail.gmail.com>

In my previous post I referred to the new tektites from Belize as"
Zapotectites". Geologist Jean Cornec is the one that perhaps should
name them as his unpublished paper and its appearance on a website is
the start of the new strewnfield's recognition. I noticed the paper
about a month after posting. When I informed Hal Povenmire of the
posting he quickly published on the subject and referred to them as
Central American tektites. That is a fine name but we don't refer to
the Central European tektites as such but instead as Moldavite (Czechs
use Vlatavine). In a much earlier posting I made this year I had
called the new tektites "Mayanites" because the first discoveries in
Guatemala and Belize were all in the greater Mayan influence. But
"Mayanite" is used as part of a name for something referred to as
"Mayanite Rainbow Quartz". Perhaps a good common name should refer to
the particular subset of Maya in the tektite region, namely the
Zapotec. "Zapotectite", or perhaps more correctly "Zapotecite" would
then be a possible moniker for the new discoveries. I just use it
because it fits for me; time and common usage will be the ultimate
dictator.

Happy hunting,
Brian
Received on Sat 28 May 2011 04:07:21 PM PDT