Hi Mike, In a nutshell, the new rules allow geographic names for any Moroccan meteorite with find coordinates. To simplify the naming in desert areas, part of Morocco will have DCA grids. Under the new rules, any meteorite without coordinates, originating in Morocco or surroundings (meaning in practical terms purchased in Morocco) will be given a NWA name. The new style NWAs will start with NWA 10001 to set them apart from the old style NWA rules. There will be no retroactive names assigned in this new scheme. Nothing will change in the naming of falls, which will always have unique geographic names.
Hope this clarifies. 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: [email protected] http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Carl and List, > > Thank you for this update on the change. However, what exactly does > this mean in practice? > > For example, would a find with coordinates like Mreira now be > classified as a NWA 10xxx ? > > Or will finds with firm reliable coordinates still be considered for a > place name and not a NWA 10xxx? > > On this page, I can see the crossed out portion about NWAs that was > abolished. But what else has changed in regards to policy about > classifying NWA material? - http://meteoriticalsociety.org/?page_id=59 > > Best regards, > > MikeG > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com > Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone > Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone > Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > On 2/13/15, Carl Agee via Meteorite-list > <[email protected]> wrote: >> http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/MetBullNews.php?id=3 >> >> ************************************* >> 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: [email protected] >> http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
