[meteorite-list] The ultimate Type Collection List
Hello everyone, One more email to keep everyone busy. I'd like to put together the ultimate Type Collection list and am quite sure someone has already started one. I'd like to use this for myself as well as post it on my website for everyone to enjoy. Here is what I am looking for: 1) A complete list of meteorite types. For example, from shergottite there are Basaltic, Lherzolitic and Olivine-phyric. Maybe there are some unusual variations or anomalous versions of these as well. 2) Specific meteorite(s) that best represent that category. These examples should be obtainable (i.e. no Antarctic specimens that fall under treaty restrictions) even if incredibly hard to find. If you have some of these specimens for sale, I would be happy to provide a link to the specific page on your website. Whatever you have, I will be happy to receive. I will merge, edit and format and then share with everyone. Best, Mendy __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] The ultimate Type Collection List
Hi Mendy, Here is a type list and collecting guide I put together, drawing largely on David Weir's authoritative website - http://www.galactic-stone.com/pages/types There are a couple of types that are almost impossible to find on the collector market, like Kakangari. There are also some types that are not commonly agreed upon, or are no longer approved as official nomenclature, like Olivine Diogenite. If I recall correctly, this is a type that is no longer being accepted for approval and they are now lumped in with the rest of the diogenites. And speaking of which, there are sub-types that are difficult to acquire, but are not official types, like Noritic Diogenite. Building a complete type collection is a daunting task that many collectors eventually abandon, but it's still a worthy goal. :) Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 - On 9/3/12, Mendy Ouzillou ouzil...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello everyone, One more email to keep everyone busy. I'd like to put together the ultimate Type Collection list and am quite sure someone has already started one. I'd like to use this for myself as well as post it on my website for everyone to enjoy. Here is what I am looking for: 1) A complete list of meteorite types. For example, from shergottite there are Basaltic, Lherzolitic and Olivine-phyric. Maybe there are some unusual variations or anomalous versions of these as well. 2) Specific meteorite(s) that best represent that category. These examples should be obtainable (i.e. no Antarctic specimens that fall under treaty restrictions) even if incredibly hard to find. If you have some of these specimens for sale, I would be happy to provide a link to the specific page on your website. Whatever you have, I will be happy to receive. I will merge, edit and format and then share with everyone. Best, Mendy __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] The ultimate Type Collection List
No, olivine diogenite is a classification that is accepted for the Met Bull, and there are several in press in MB100. I remind everybody that there is no such thing as official nomenclature [of meteorite classifications]. The nomcom tends to be conservative, and generally does not start adopting new kinds of classifications until they come into use in the literature, beyond the original proposer's work. But nomcom does not vote to certify new terms, or anything of the sort. Nobody does. Jeff On 9/3/2012 12:19 PM, Galactic Stone Ironworks wrote: Hi Mendy, Here is a type list and collecting guide I put together, drawing largely on David Weir's authoritative website - http://www.galactic-stone.com/pages/types There are a couple of types that are almost impossible to find on the collector market, like Kakangari. There are also some types that are not commonly agreed upon, or are no longer approved as official nomenclature, like Olivine Diogenite. If I recall correctly, this is a type that is no longer being accepted for approval and they are now lumped in with the rest of the diogenites. And speaking of which, there are sub-types that are difficult to acquire, but are not official types, like Noritic Diogenite. Building a complete type collection is a daunting task that many collectors eventually abandon, but it's still a worthy goal. :) Best regards, MikeG __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] The ultimate Type Collection List
Hi Jeff, Thanks for the clarification. I recall hearing something not long ago about a type that would no longer be accepted for publication in the Bulletin. What type was that? Or, did I completely remember that wrong? Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 - On 9/3/12, Jeff Grossman jngross...@gmail.com wrote: No, olivine diogenite is a classification that is accepted for the Met Bull, and there are several in press in MB100. I remind everybody that there is no such thing as official nomenclature [of meteorite classifications]. The nomcom tends to be conservative, and generally does not start adopting new kinds of classifications until they come into use in the literature, beyond the original proposer's work. But nomcom does not vote to certify new terms, or anything of the sort. Nobody does. Jeff On 9/3/2012 12:19 PM, Galactic Stone Ironworks wrote: Hi Mendy, Here is a type list and collecting guide I put together, drawing largely on David Weir's authoritative website - http://www.galactic-stone.com/pages/types There are a couple of types that are almost impossible to find on the collector market, like Kakangari. There are also some types that are not commonly agreed upon, or are no longer approved as official nomenclature, like Olivine Diogenite. If I recall correctly, this is a type that is no longer being accepted for approval and they are now lumped in with the rest of the diogenites. And speaking of which, there are sub-types that are difficult to acquire, but are not official types, like Noritic Diogenite. Building a complete type collection is a daunting task that many collectors eventually abandon, but it's still a worthy goal. :) Best regards, MikeG __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
