Re: [meteorite-list] Campo del Cielo meteorites

[Jeff Grossman]

Sorry to disappoint you, but Joel's Iron was named long before there was a 
NomCom.  This name would indeed violate the modern Guidelines for Meteorite 
Nomenclature had it been found recently.  There are other meteorites with 
similar "grandfathered" names, e.g.. Lutschaunig's Stone, Holland's Store, 
and my favorite,  Slaghek's Iron.

jeff

At 06:27 PM 6/13/2003 -0400, David Weir wrote:
Hey Mike,

Don't worry too much about the name. Heck, it might just as well have
been named Mike's Chondrite, which would be consistent with the NomCom's
acceptance of the name Joel's Iron from Chile.
David

> There is no city or geographic reference with that name in Argentina.

______________________________________________
Meteorite-list mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman
Chair, Meteorite Nomenclature Committee (Meteoritical Society)
US Geological Survey
954 National Center
Reston, VA 20192, USA
Phone: (703) 648-6184   fax:   (703) 648-6383


______________________________________________
Meteorite-list mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list