[meteorite-list] Any news?

[Adam Hupe]

Hello fellow list members,   I was unable to attend the 65th Meteoritical Society meeting so I have not received the latest announcements concerning NWA 998.  I will be in touch later on in the week with Dr. A.J. Irving after he returns from a NASA Mars workshop in the field.  One very important feature he was going to discuss is the Isotopic data thus far recorded for this Unique Orthopyroxene-bearing Nahklite.  The newly published data is so vastly different from the other five Nahklites that several scientists are focusing in on this new information that was supposed to be addressed at last Fridays meeting.  This new data implies that NWA 998 is not source crater paired with the other five Nahklites which all share the same crystallization age.  The data also has other implications that go far beyond NWA 998 not being source crater paired.  Using current scientific models for these isotopes, this rock will forever change the way scientists think about Mars.  NWA 998 is a very scientifically important find and research has just begun so expect to read more, soon.   Wishing everybody the best,   Adam Hupe