If you go with Habibite we could call them SHACN (pronounced shaken) . shake, rattle and roll. Carl meteoritemax -- Cheers
---- "Greg Hupé" <gmh...@centurylink.net> wrote: > Hi Carl, > > It is lunch time for us Floridians so I am just taking a break and munching > on some SNACS... > > Seriously, What is the current count of NWA 7034 'official' pairings and how > many stones constitute each of those? We have all heard of 'paired' stones > making the current stone count at about a dozen or so "IF" they are indeed > paired to NWA 7034. We have been hearing and seeing images of stones offered > from Moroccan dealers as pairings. > > If I read it all correctly, the original single 320g stone was the first > "NWA 7034" one. Are the three stones pictured in all of the press releases > part of one stone that adds up to 320 grams? If not, what are the weights of > the additional two stones and/or do they each have their own NWA numbers? > Also, I heard there is a 240 gram stone with the owner of the first 320g > stone, has this been confirmed yet? > > The only 'officially' paired stone that I am aware of is NWA 7533 weighing > in at 84 grams. > > If all of the stones that are 'guaranteed' paired to NWA 7034 by Moroccan > dealers, the combined weight is exceeding 1000 grams which is pretty cool > for such a unique meteorite! > > Congrats again to all involved in bringing this new Martian meteorite to > light! > > Best Regards, > Greg > > ==================== > Greg Hupé > The Hupé Collection > gmh...@centurylink.net > www.NaturesVault.net (Online Catalog & Reference Site) > www.LunarRock.com (Online Planetary Meteorite Site) > NaturesVault (Facebook, Pinterest & eBay) > http://www.facebook.com/NaturesVault > http://pinterest.com/NaturesVault > IMCA 3163 > ==================== > Click here for my current eBay auctions: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Carl Agee > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 11:33 AM > To: meteoritelist meteoritelist > 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