Two things:
Many meteorites are heterogeneous. When we say Katol is L6 or NWA 869
is L3-6 or Almahata Sitta is an anomalous urelite, these are collective
terms. "Katol" refers to everything that fell that day in India. It
has been classified as L6. However, it is possible (and for Almahata
Sitta, probable) that a given specimen does not representatively sample
the incoming meteoroid. There is nothing wrong with saying that
Almahata Sitta #25 is dominated by an H5 lithology or that Katol #4(?)
is a metal rich lithology. Good practice would be to assign some kind
of specimen number to each object and publish a catalog, so the world
will always know what you are talking about. I would gladly publish
such specimen tables in the MetBull database, especially if done
systematically.
As for the name question, NomCom would only give a separate name if
there was significant doubt that a specimen was part of the Katol fall.
This has happened before, as with Galim (b) and Zag (b), but it didn't
happen with Almahata Sitta and I don't think there is much doubt in this
case either.
Jeff
On 1/2/2014 9:24 AM, Greg Hupé wrote:
Since the iron was found with other fresh Katol stony pieces and some
of the stony matrix is clearly visible on the outside of the iron, I
see no reason to even consider cutting it to get a separate name. That
is one nice thing of the iron being collected within a couple days of
the fall, and well before any rains came along to oxidize and/or
discolor the portion of matric on the iron. I think the few irons
should be mentioned in the Official Katol classification, clearly they
are 'pop-outs' from the Katol mass.
...just my 2 Rupees worth...
Best Regards,
Greg
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-----Original Message----- From: Michael Farmer
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 9:13 AM
To: Jim Wooddell
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] KATOL (L6) is official
I am not going to cut that piece.
Michael Farmer
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On Jan 2, 2014, at 7:03 AM, Jim Wooddell <[email protected]>
wrote:
Then it should have it's own classification! If it's 95% metal.
Just my opinion.
Do we classify falls or meteorites?
Seems we loose by classifying falls.
Jim
On 1/2/2014 6:24 AM, Michael Farmer wrote:
It was bought on the spot from the finders as they lined up to sell
the meteorites.
It is Katol:) Central India is not Morocco with every person having
a box of meteorites to sell.
It is almost completely iron, with perhaps 5% silicates.
Michael Farmer
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On Jan 2, 2014, at 6:05 AM, Jim Wooddell
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Mike and all!
Can't tell by looking at it if it's all metal. If it is
predominently metal (by a large %) and the olivines and such match
that of Katol, then this would be an L-Metal....would it not?
Jim
On 1/1/2014 5:33 PM, Michael Farmer wrote:
Yes, this piece is oriented heat shield shaped with countless flow
lines and bubbles on the thick backside crust. There are a couple
of crystal-rich sections. It is one of my favorite pieces in my
collection, the adventure to acquire was a little scary.
Laurence Garvie has taken many photos of it, I am sure he has
incredible photos I haven't seen. This photo was the only one I got.
The piece is still at ASU on loan, it will be on display at the
Tucson show.
Michael Farmer
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