Hi Al, John and List, Al alluded to something which I would like to expand on and which I think may be a source for at least some of the problems associated with multiple pairings and classifications.
Let's take a certain strewn field, a geographical location where meteorites have been found and continue to be found (okay, I admit - I am thinking of NWA). Multiple individuals are finding meteorites. Finder A may find x number of stones, then Finder B etc. and they are being sold to dealers J, K and L. Any given number of resellers get involved. Eventually the individual collector ends up with a given individual, slice, or fragment. All along this path, a given stone has had the opportunity to be typed and assigned a "real" number or name by the NomCom committee or given a "temporary" number by someone, then perhaps classed by researchers, perhaps with a number or name change. To be honest, I am surprised that more confusion does not exist with regard to pairings and perhaps it is a testament that there are not many such instances that the system "works." Perhaps. -Walter ----------------------------------------------- Walter Branch, Ph.D. Branch Meteorites 322 Stephenson Ave., Suite B Savannah, GA 31405 USA www.branchmeteorites.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "almitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "John Divelbiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Matteo Chinellato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "dean bessey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] nwa869 > Hi John, > > I don't think your post should offend anyone and in my opinion is a very relevant > question and I wish more people would post along such lines. Until we learn about > something then we have to ask questions and anyone putting another person down for > asking a GOOD question along these lines forgets they at one time didn't know the > answer to the question either! The true nature of science is to ask questions and see > if something has been addressed or not. > > My hopes are that you will continue to ask and good threads as this one continue on > for those wanting to learn. I myself have to be humble with the many gifted, and > knowledgeable people on the list. Hopefully we will always have someone that will be > able to address an issue. > > Two good books that help out enormously are "The Cambridge Encyclopedia Of Meteorites" > by O. Richard Norton. I am just getting into reading my copy and can see from what I > have read and what I have check out, is a wealth of information contain in this book. > You are doing yourself an injustice by not having a copy. I am seriously thinking of > buying another copy to make sure I am never without it. It is proving to be another > fantastic book by Norton. Certainly a work of art more than a book with information. > One other book that I always like to recommend is Meteorites and their Parent Planets > by Harry McSween Jr. This book gets down into the nitty gritty of meteorites also and > helps with the understanding of classification and possible parent bodies. > > --AL Mitterling > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
