Hello Rob, the other Novato searchers and the List, This is a very interesting Urban fall and a very challenging meteorite to hunt.
Personally, I hunted my backside off and did not find a crumb (although, I went right past the individual that Bob Verish discovered, like within 4-6 feet!). Is not the rule 20 grams or 20% if the original mass was less than 100 grams? If the finder that deposited ~14.4 grams represented that as 20% of the individual meteorite found, does that not meet the Meteoritical Society Nomenclature Committee guidelines? Personally, I would very much like to see this one in the Bulletin. I would be very interested in understanding the masses that were found. Yours in Science, Pat Brown ---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:08:46 -0700 > From: robert.d.mat...@saic.com > To: jim.woodd...@suddenlink.net; m...@meteoriteguy.com; > bolidecha...@yahoo.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: [meteorite-list] Getting Novato approved > > Hi All, > > Well, clearly ~some~ material was deposited at UCLA, otherwise > there would be no Novato classification. The issue is instead > one of *sufficient* deposit (20 grams in this case) in a recognized > institution for the Nomenclature Committee to put it up for a vote. > I frankly don't know how much of Novato UCLA received, but the > balance to be made up is obviously less than 20 grams. If they are > short by less than 6.6 grams, I would certainly consider buying > the Brien Cook slice and donating it to UCLA to get this on the > books. > > --Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com > [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Jim > Wooddell > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 6:25 PM > To: Michael Farmer; Robert Verish > Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Novato back in the market > > > Yes....what happened to the type specimen? I was under the impression > no one sent a type specimen that met the standing requirement? > > Jim Wooddell - Mobile > > Michael Farmer <m...@meteoriteguy.com> wrote: > > >Perhaps a finder of one of the recovered pieces should step up, and cut > a piece for science? > >I think they need more than 6 grams for the noncom rules do they not? > >Didn't several California hunters find pieces? I guess this will just > be another no-name fall. > >Michael Farmer > > > >Sent from my iPhone > > > >On Apr 30, 2013, at 4:32 AM, Robert Verish <bolidecha...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > >> Actually, it's still the "Novato" (provisional) meteorite. > >> It still is not in the Meteoritical Bulletin. > >> > >> This is the slice that Brien Cook originally cut with the intention > of submitting it to UCLA. But when he read that someone else was going > to supply the type-specimen, he then placed it on eBay. > >> > >> It would be nice if some Institute or consortium would make an offer > and try to repatriate this slice and make it a type-specimen so that > this US-fall could finally be made "official". All I'm saying is, this > "leaving an official-status hanging-in-mid-air" would never happen in > Canada. They would just simply buy the type-specimen. > >> > >> It's time for the US to catch-up with Canada. It's time for a > change. > >> Bob V. > >> > >> --- On Mon, 4/29/13, Matija Bericic <matija.beri...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> > >>> From: Matija Bericic <matija.beri...@yahoo.com> > >>> Subject: [meteorite-list] AD: Novato back in the market > >>> To: "meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com" > >>> <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > >>> Date: Monday, April 29, 2013, 10:48 AM > >>> > >>> Hi list, > >>> We have finished researching Novato meteorite and we do not need it > >>> anymore. 6.6 g slice was bought on ebay auction on 27th of October > >>> 2012 from hunter Brien Cook. > >>> Anyone interested in this rare piece make me an offer off list. > >>> Best regards, > >>> Matija Bericic > >>> ______________________________________________ > >>> > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> > >> 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
