At 11:43 PM 9/16/2003 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jeff,
Thank you for the explanation and clarification that clans do not necessarily
tie two groups together...though they are thought to be related due to
similarities. So it goes something like this... (with a few questions at the
bottom).
Jeff,
Thanx for keeping me and I'm sure many others straight on these issues. We as
a group are too loose about meteoritic nomenclature, and I think many(non-
scientists especially) out there who publish work need to pay attention to
these and other common practices in naming. Much of my
David and others,
In reading the article on Bencubbenites I have two comments.
1. This is the first time I recall the description of the rounded metal
blobs, blebs, nodules as being referred to as metal chondrules. Did anyone
else notice this? The statement says something like The metal and
Alex wrote:
So my question is: is the CB designation still just a proposal (made
by the authors of these papers, and may be others), and has yet to
arrive at a status of general acceptance by the scientific community?
Should CH-BEN be abandoned? Are both of them valid side by side
for the
I'm as confused about these groups as everybody else. Here's what I can add:
The NomCom does not make official decisions about meteorite groups. In
fact, nobody in the Meteoritical Society does. It's just a matter of
accepted usage. Joern Koblitz does what other editors, including the
Hello list,
Here is the link to the paper by Weisberg, Prinz, Clayton, Mayeda,
Sugiura, Zashu, and Ebihara in which they propose the designation of the
CB grouplet. I don't have a clue how these meteoritical scientists do
such awesome work but I have the highest respect for what they present
and
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