Re: [meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, Dealers, Science, NomCom

2004-11-25 Thread Jeff Grossman
At 10:39 AM 11/25/2004, Herbert Raab wrote: Jeff Grossman wrote: Now if somebody wants to call a new meteorite he buys in Morocco NWA 5434, which is not allowed under our rules, he would have to go the extra step of actually faking a specimen number. I bought a stony meteorite from a box that

RE: [meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, 'Dealers', Science, NomCom

2004-11-25 Thread mark ford
It's quite simple, if you don't know where it comes from and it hasn't been classified then its 'unclasssifed' ... voila - no faking needed, it has a name! :) -Original Message- From: Herbert Raab [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 November 2004 16:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

RE: [meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, 'Dealers', Science, NomCom

2004-11-25 Thread mark ford
If the lab says it's paired, then I would have thought you could sell it as paired with xxx ... no-one can argue you haven't done the right thing. I think the problem comes when someone claims a pairing without getting it looked at, at all. MF -Original Message- From: Herbert Raab

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, 'Dealers', Science, NomCom

2004-11-25 Thread Michel Franco
Herbert, List You may go to the Met Soc web site and fill the form for declaration of a new meteorite. If the report of the lab says it is paired, the Nom Com will probably declare an additionnal mass to the already known NWA. And you will not steal a number to anyone. But you will wait for

RE: [meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, 'Dealers', Science, NomCom

2004-11-25 Thread stan .
Unfortunately, it is not that simple. As I wrote in my previous message, the stone was sent to a major lab for classification. They cut off a type specimen, made a thin section, and classified the stone accordingly. The result was that it is paired to another NWA chondrite that already has (at

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, 'Dealers', Science, NomCom

2004-11-25 Thread stan .
You may go to the Met Soc web site and fill the form for declaration of a new meteorite. If the report of the lab says it is paired, the Nom Com will probably declare an additionnal mass to the already known NWA. And you will not steal a number to anyone. But you will wait for next July. It

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, 'Dealers', Science, NomCom

2004-11-25 Thread Michel Franco
: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, 'Dealers', Science, NomCom You may go to the Met Soc web site and fill the form for declaration of a new meteorite. If the report of the lab says it is paired, the Nom Com will probably declare an additionnal mass to the already known NWA. And you

Re: [meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, 'Dealers', Science, NomCom

2004-11-25 Thread Jeff Grossman
FRANCO Caillou Noir www.caillou-noir.com BP 16, 100 Chemin des Campènes 74400 Les Praz de Chamonix FRANCE - Original Message - From: stan . [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: NWA's, 'Dealers', Science, NomCom