I looked for that slice on Ebay and can not find it. Jim
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Matson, Robert D. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I've been informed by one of the Novato finders that this is a > non-issue. Dr. Jenniskens has long-since pledged to donate more > than adequate Novato type specimen to UCLA for it to be approved > by the Nomenclature Committee. That it hasn't happened already is > simply because Dr. Jenniskens wished to ensure that all academic > requests for meteoritical material were handled promptly. 29 grams > of the first recovered stone were generously donated by Lisa Webber > to SETI for scientific analysis; of that, whatever is not consumed > in destructive analyses has been promised to UCLA. So there is no > cause for alarm; people just need to be patient. --Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pat Brown [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 8:36 PM > To: Matson, Robert D.; Jim Wooddell; Michael Farmer; Robert Verish; Met List > Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Getting Novato approved > > Hello Rob, the other Novato searchers and the List, > > This is a very interesting Urban fall and a very challenging meteorite to > hunt. > > Personally, I hunted my backside off and did not find a crumb (although, I > went right past the individual that Bob Verish discovered, like within 4-6 > feet!). > > Is not the rule 20 grams or 20% if the original mass was less than 100 grams? > > If the finder that deposited ~14.4 grams represented that as 20% of the > individual meteorite found, does that not meet the Meteoritical Society > Nomenclature Committee guidelines? > > Personally, I would very much like to see this one in the Bulletin. > > I would be very interested in understanding the masses that were found. > > Yours in Science, > Pat Brown > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Jim Wooddell [email protected] 928-247-2675 ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
