Sonny,
I've never had the opportunity to hunt meteorites in a reasonably productive
area.
Having read your latest post though makes sense to me.
Maintaining secrecy would make sense and if Provisional Numbers are
postponed what's the difference.
In the long run everything would iron out. The site would be made known as
well as the total weight and the classification.
So why the rush?
Jerry Flaherty
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Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 8:16 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Giving credit where (official) credit is due
In a message dated 4/11/2007 12:34:22 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
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But that's all I'm asking of
Sonny; to get the "credit" he deserves by securing it
with provisional names and numbers.
Otherwise, some other person could make another find
from his "study area" unknowingly, and go ahead of him
with getting that area named and 001 number approved,
and worse, get published before Sonny could get proper
credit.
That's only one of many good reasons,
Bob V.
Hi Bob,
I appreciate your concern. But lets try this one more time! The reason I
do not wish to get a provisional number or name until all of the of the
field work is complete is for this reason. Because of the loop hole you
figured out many years ago! Not to say you that would do this. Example;
Lets say a meteorite hunter has been working an area for a few years with
many finds and received provisional numbers on all of his finds. Another
is curious about this location. All he would have to do is say he found a
couple meteorites from that location and request provisional numbers. The
Nomenclature may reply " Ok Bob,your provisional numbers will be 35 and
36"! Bob never hunted this location, has just found out that 34
meteorites were recovered from this location. What a better resource for
gaining information regarding a new location.
This is a problem we have to address as a meteorite hunting community. I
do not know the answer. We should come up with an idea on how to solve
this problem. What the current system in place does is give confirmation
of first meteorite found and credit to the finder. Unfortunately it can
also be a source of information to someone digging for data. It is not the
fault of the Nomenclature but a system that is in place. This is the
reason I choose to wait on submitting information.
Sonny
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