Jeff, list, 


NWA 5133 has always been referenced in my database as K092, not K091... About 
NWA 6435 as prov name that's the last news I obtained from the lab, but indeed 
saw the status is very different on the database...

Between the data I submitted and what appears on the Bulletin, mistake in maybe 
1/4 or 1/5 of the entry (wrong reported TKW, GPS coordinates fall sometimes 
1.8km appart of the right find location, wrong main mass owner...). But I 
checked my email archives, data I submitted was generaly correct !


For other, the classification is just wrong. NWA 5131 is reported as LL7... but 
is definitively recognized as a CR7 for years now. 


http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2011/pdf/5222.pdf


Classification accepted before oxygen isotopes, never changed even if 
requested. Means problem with some collectors, I claim a type when the bulletin 
say another one...

Problem of delay in meteorite name designation and classification approvement 
is one thing (for me a nightmare in the case of a carbonaceous from Oman that 
some listees known, classified, submitted but lost for years now in the 
process), but mistakes like these drive me crazy. I hunt and document all : GPS 
coordinates, pictures on the field, pictures at home before cutting, I weight 
exactly each specimens, cut a type specimen and sometimes provide a thin 
section, I check and double check a excel file before to send it... and found 
mistakes at the end, just for an error of copy/paste from my original data. 

I blame no one, work is hard on the lab as on the field, but sometimes...


Fabien

Fabien Kuntz
Météorites (ventes, expertise, conférences)
Animation scientifique et technique
WWMETEORITES (Siret : 511 850 612 00017)
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