Re: [meteorite-list] The Classification Of Meteorites

2005-07-04 Thread batkol
me know. i'm new to all this and freely admit to knowing nothing. hope you all are enjoying the holiday weekend. thanks for your time susan patton - Original Message - From: "AL Mitterling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MeteoriteList" Sent: Mon

Re: [meteorite-list] The Classification Of Meteorites (Part Two)

2005-07-04 Thread drtanuki
Al and List, Thanks for the positive and informative posts that contribute to this list. History shows that meteorite classification shows an evolution in such. again thanks. Future classification schemes will, wihtout doubt, change with more information, and many of today`s classifications will

[meteorite-list] The Classification Of Meteorites (Part Two)

2005-07-04 Thread AL Mitterling
To all, The best attempt to classify meteorites was made by Gustav Rose at the University of Berlin between the years of 1863 and 1864. He categorized specimens by employing mineralogical criteria and much of the terminology which he introduced is still in use today. He also divided meteorite

[meteorite-list] The Classification Of Meteorites

2005-07-04 Thread AL Mitterling
To All, There has been a request for information on the classification scheme of Meteorites. I have a number of sources that tell about this and no doubt there are websites that may tell a lot more. Anyone that can shed more light please let me know. Also someone may have a book I don't that