Hi Carl,]
Saharite is already in use in reference to fulgurites found in the Sahara
Desert.
Phil Whitmer
Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
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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
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Message: 19
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:43:04 -0500
From: Jeff Grossman <jngross...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 7034
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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
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