Maroccoite is also close to the mineral Marokite (CaMn2O4) already
named to honor the occurrence (Morocco or "Maroc" in French)
Berberite carry many favorable arguments however that name is very
close to the mineral Berborite (a BERyllium BORate)...
But I agree the NWA countries should be honored.
Other suggestions ?
Zelimir
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Rob Matson <[email protected]> a écrit :
Since Saharite is already in use, and Moroccoite or Maracite (if
meant to honor
NWA)
are overly exclusive (ignoring Algeria, Western Sahara, or even Tunisia and
Libya),
why not Berberite? (Apologies if this has already been suggested.)
The term is
inclusive, and honors the people responsible for finding the majority of the
meteorites. It's easy to pronounce, does not correspond to any rocks or
minerals that I'm aware of, and even has the pair of B's to
alliteratively tie
it
to both Black Beauty and Basaltic Breccia. --Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Terry Boswell
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 11:56 AM
To: Carl Agee; meteoritelist meteoritelist
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 7034
Hi Carl,]
Saharite is already in use in reference to fulgurites found in the Sahara
Desert.
Phil Whitmer
Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Agee" <[email protected]>
To: "meteoritelist meteoritelist" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 7034
Jeff,
Now that you are at NASA you can appreciate the perverse things people
do with words just to come up with a cool acronym. Making the new
Martian meteorite acronym even half way cool requires some drastic
measures, like giving NWA 7034 Basaltic Breccia Black Beauty a new
name based on locality: I propose "saharaite". So we now have the
meteorites from Mars or "SCANS"
S: shergottite
C: chassignite
A: ALH 84001
N: nakhlite
S: saharaite
Enjoy!
Carl Agee
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Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:43:04 -0500
From: Jeff Grossman <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 7034
To: [email protected]
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Don't forget ALH 84001, the pyroxenite.
SNCPB?
If we use the N from NWA instead of B, and the A from ALH, how about
CANNS?
Or maybe we should just do the sensible thing and call them Martian
meteorites?
Jeff
On 1/24/2013 4:42 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Hi Paul,
I like the "SNCB". It sounds like a radio station's call
letters...Stay
tuned for all of your Martian meteorite news from SNCB.
Regards, Fred H.
How shall we organize the new class of Martian?
Until now it has been SNC
How about B or B squared for BASALTIC BRECCIA ?
SNCB
What say you all?
-Paul Gessler
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