Hi Tom, Darren & Mark and good question. The answer, as far as we understand it, is that a 7.5kg stone was found sometime in 2003. It was either broken or fell apart into pieces which were then sold. Each person that then submits a sample from this stone for classification is assigned a unique NWA number. Ours is NWA 2714. So conceivably there could be 3 or 4 different NWA numbers referring to different parts of the same stone. It is amost exactly analogous to the NWA 1069, NWA 1110, NWA 2373, etc set of numbers which refer to different stones from the same fall, with the exception that in the latter case the stones presumably broke apart before they hit the ground.
Cheers -John & Dawn --- MarkF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Makes you wonder if its a typo and should have read > "from the same ~7.5 kilo > "lot" of stone(s)" for if its from the same exact > "~7.5 kilo stone", what > was the purpose? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Knudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Meteorite Mailing List" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 4:49 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad: Announcing a > Gorgeous > NEWACAPULCOITE-NWA2714 (prov.)! > > > > Darren wrote; > > "If "NWA 2714 comes from the same ~7.5 kilo stone > as NWA 2656", then why a > > different number?" > > > > That is a great question!!!!!! How can a new > meteorite come from an old > > one? Was it brecciaed and this is the other half? > I really want to know! > > Thanks, Tom > > peregrineflier <>< > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Darren Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Meteorite Mailing List" > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 1:29 PM > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad: Announcing a > Gorgeous NEW > > ACAPULCOITE-NWA2714 (prov.)! > > > > > > On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 11:11:38 -0700 (PDT), Arizona > Skies Meteorites > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If "NWA 2714 comes from the same ~7.5 kilo stone > as NWA 2656", then why a > > different number? > > > > > http://www.arizonaskiesmeteorites.com/AZ_Skies_Links/NWA_2714/index.html > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - > Release Date: 7/28/2005 > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Arizona Skies Meteorites ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
