Of course I'm referring to NWA 5435 in the MetBull! No, I agree this is very confusing! Another reason to do away with "Provisonals". There are so many that will never get classified -- a waste of time in my opinion.
Carl Agee ************************************* Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 Tel: (505) 750-7172 Fax: (505) 277-3577 Email: a...@unm.edu http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Carl Agee <a...@unm.edu> wrote: > Mendy, > Not to meddle in other people's classifications, but to me the > geochemistry and mineralogy does look like a brachinite and not a > diogenite. > Carl > > ************************************* > Carl B. Agee > Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics > Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences > MSC03 2050 > University of New Mexico > Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 > > Tel: (505) 750-7172 > Fax: (505) 277-3577 > Email: a...@unm.edu > http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ > > > > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 4:56 PM, Mendy Ouzillou <ouzil...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> >> Can someone please clarify why this is listed as a Brachinite instead of >> Diogenite? >> >> Based on the composition being 90% olivine, should this not be listed as a >> dunitic diogenite? >> >> >> Mendy Ouzillou >> >> >> >>>________________________________ >>> From: Fabien Kuntz <wwmeteori...@yahoo.com> >>>To: "meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com" >>><meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >>>Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 3:09 PM >>>Subject: [meteorite-list] The NWA 6435 name on MetSoc Database = Nightmare >>> >>> >>>Hello, >>> >>> >>> >>>because may of you asked about the statut of NWA 6435 on the Bulletin, here >>>is the story (it have been discussed on the list with Norbert Kammel during >>>the summer, the 9 jully, remember) : >>> >>>Maybe Jeff Grossman will explain this a different way (because at this time >>>I have not understand all what happened), but I have a brachinite (now is >>>the official NWA 5435) was for a time missnamed as NWA 6435 (this was the >>>name I recieved from the classifier) ! >>> >>> >>>So during a time, this meteorite had two provisionnal names (NWA 5435 and >>>NWA 6435, close in look, easy mistake) ! >>> >>>At the same time the NWA 5435 number have been assigned too, to a stone of >>>Norbert Kammel, a chondrite (this is what was discussed on the list on early >>>july). >>> >>> >>>The official for my brachinite was choosed as NWA 5435 (it is now OFFICIAL >>>on the Bulletin), and the Norbert chondrite was reassigned as NWA 3999... >>> >>>last year, I submitted to Tony Irving a new stone (working name K091 for >>>Kuntz091), after preliminary work on it of Jean-Alix Barrat, and the NWA >>>6435 was finally reassigned to this new stone, the unbrecciated diogenite I >>>introduced today. >>> >>> >>>OK for me this is a NIGHTMARE, I just did what I had to did, and now I have >>>to writte here a real novel to explain what happen, and collectors possibly >>>interesting in slices of this meteorite maybe will be suspicious ! >>> >>>I suppose I have to wait (month, years?) for this mistake was corrected on >>>the Bulletin... >>> >>>Fabien >>> >>> >>>Fabien Kuntz >>>Météorites (ventes, expertise, conférences) >>>Animation scientifique et technique >>>WWMETEORITES (Siret : 511 850 612 00017) >>>www.wwmeteorites.com >>>______________________________________________ >>> >>>Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>Meteorite-list mailing list >>>Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >>> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
