Hi,
Saharite is a term I coined many years ago for the crenelated fulgurites from the Sahara that I believed merited a special moniker—and it's a term which never stuck. The references are few and far between and most citations are either my auction description copy or cribbed from the same. While not virgin, the use of the term is unproblematic. Best / d On Jan 26, 2013, at 3:16 PM, Rob Matson wrote: > Since Saharite is already in use, and Moroccoite or Maracite (if meant to > honor > NWA) > are overly exclusive (ignoring Algeria, Western Sahara, or even Tunisia and > Libya), > why not Berberite? (Apologies if this has already been suggested.) The term > is > inclusive, and honors the people responsible for finding the majority of the > meteorites. It's easy to pronounce, does not correspond to any rocks or > minerals that I'm aware of, and even has the pair of B's to alliteratively tie > it > to both Black Beauty and Basaltic Breccia. --Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com > [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Terry > Boswell > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 11:56 AM > To: Carl Agee; meteoritelist meteoritelist > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 7034 > > Hi Carl,] > > Saharite is already in use in reference to fulgurites found in the Sahara > Desert. > > Phil Whitmer > Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carl Agee" <a...@unm.edu> > To: "meteoritelist meteoritelist" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 11:33 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 7034 > > >> Jeff, >> >> Now that you are at NASA you can appreciate the perverse things people >> do with words just to come up with a cool acronym. Making the new >> Martian meteorite acronym even half way cool requires some drastic >> measures, like giving NWA 7034 Basaltic Breccia Black Beauty a new >> name based on locality: I propose "saharaite". So we now have the >> meteorites from Mars or "SCANS" >> >> S: shergottite >> C: chassignite >> A: ALH 84001 >> N: nakhlite >> S: saharaite >> >> Enjoy! >> >> 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/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> Message: 19 >> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:43:04 -0500 >> From: Jeff Grossman <jngross...@gmail.com> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 7034 >> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> Message-ID: <5102a808.5040...@gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Don't forget ALH 84001, the pyroxenite. >> >> SNCPB? >> >> If we use the N from NWA instead of B, and the A from ALH, how about >> CANNS? >> >> Or maybe we should just do the sensible thing and call them Martian >> meteorites? >> >> Jeff >> >> On 1/24/2013 4:42 PM, h...@meteorhall.com wrote: >>> Hi Paul, >>> I like the "SNCB". It sounds like a radio station's call >>> letters...Stay >>> tuned for all of your Martian meteorite news from SNCB. >>> Regards, Fred H. >>> >>>> How shall we organize the new class of Martian? >>>> >>>> Until now it has been SNC >>>> >>>> How about B or B squared for BASALTIC BRECCIA ? >>>> >>>> SNCB >>>> >>>> What say you all? >>>> >>>> -Paul Gessler >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> 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 > > ______________________________________________ > > 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
