so what are they calling portales?
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>To: Robert Woolard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Portales Valley Classification Info
>Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 19:28:52 -0700
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>Hello Robert and all,
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>I've always considered PV a round peg in a square hole. I mean that even a quick glance at PV is enough to know it doesn't make sense to lump it in with the run-of-the-mill ordinary chondrite. So this change in heart by the classification gods is really good news.
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>Looking forward to knowing more....
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>Martin
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Robert Woolard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Monday, May 16, 2005 7:21 pm
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Portales Valley Classification Info
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> > Hello List,
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> > Well for years now, I know a lot of us were puzzled
> > by the classification of Portales Valley as an " H6
> > ordinary chondrite". (See my article in the May 2001
> > issue of Meteorite, titled " Portales Valley - A Not
> > So Ordinary (Ordinary Chondrite??)! " In the recent
> > past, the classification was modified a bit, being
> > changed to read as an " H6 Impact Melt Breccia ".
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> > I am excited to be able to say that there is a
> > distinct chance the true
> uniqueness of PV may soon be
> > reflected in a possible new moniker for this
> > intriguing meteorite. David Weir was kind enough to
> > make me aware of a new and comprehensive paper by Alex
> > Ruzicka, Marvin Killgore, David Mittlefehldt, and Marc
> > Fries in the current MAPS. In this detailed work, we
> > now have the proposed reclassification of PV as an "
> > H7, metallic-melt breccia (primitive achondrite)",
> > with the case made for a new meteorite type
> > designation of "Portalesite" due to this metallic-melt
> > breccia characteristic.
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> > You can read David's updated description of PV on
> > his excellent website here:
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> > http://www.meteoritestudies.com
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> > Many thanks to David for news of this exciting
> > paper, and to the authors of the paper as well.
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> > Sincerely,
> > Robert Woolard
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