Here is what I can tell everybody about official names and synonyms.
Every meteorite is given one, and only one, official name. This is
the name that must be used in publications. There are no rules for
how the name is chosen, only guidelines. Mainly the guidelines call
for naming the
And, of course, if the name is mis-spelled originally, the mis-spelling
persists as the official name: Forrest 001, Dyarrl Island (which should be
Dyaul or Djaul), etc.
Alan Rubin
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From: Jeff Grossman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
And what will happen with the paired NWA-numbers,
when more stones will be found with coordinates and therefore with an
assigned geographical name?
Will the old NWA-numbers be combined and the new name assigned to them too,
or will they be preserved independently from the new paired geographical
Nothing will happen to the old names. Because
the NWA specimens have no location information,
they generally cannot be officially paired with a
named meteorite, according to the rules. If, in
an extraordinary case, the nomcom decided to
establish such a pairing, it has to option of
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