[meteorite-list] Lovina

From: Darryl Pitt <darryl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:23:09 -0500
Message-ID: <7499380E-9417-446C-A8BC-CF4F2DFBADB0_at_dof3.com>

Hi there,

At an effort to provide some clarity....

Lovina had been a certified as a meteorite by the Nomenclature
Committee.

The more recent concern was that Lovina was an artifact and toda it
was announced that its elemental fingerprint demonstrates otherwise.

The artifact issue can be found in the archives of the list. The
observations made which questioned Lovina's certification were smart
and inspired. For purposes of clarity, the ziggurat (pyramidal)
structures are the result of this nickel-rich material having been in
solution (the shallows of Bali) for centuries.

Lovina had been classified as an anomalous iron...and it's a bit more
anomalous then had been imagined.


Hope this helps. /d,





On Feb 22, 2010, at 12:35 PM, <cdtucson at cox.net> <cdtucson at cox.net>
wrote:

> Darryl, List,
> "Metals that have been made by man will always differ from
>> meteorites in terms of several elements." John Wasson.
>
> All due respect to all involved here but, Please refresh my memory
> as I don't remember any mention that this may have been "man made"?
> I thought it was ruled out as meteoritic based on the fact that this
> material was naturally found in the area in which it was found? In
> addition the bottom section differed from the glorious top section.
> I have been told that Earth has a great variety of rock combinations
> still unknown to Man and can be any and all combinations of
> minerals. .
> In any case I am very pleased that John Wasson has taken a closer
> look at it.
> How do you explain the differences in opinions? Is there No test
> that can be done to prove it one way or the other ? Or is it a
> matter of opinion?
> I know as opinions go, Wasson has a great one.
> Carl
>
> --
> Carl or Debbie Esparza
> Meteoritemax
>
>
> ---- Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:
>>
>> Good Morning,
>>
>> This past Tucson I was struck by so many of you coming up to me to
>> express your regrets that Lovina, a sanctioned anomalous meteorite,
>> turned out not to be a meteorite. I advised that while the
>> observations made by the Smithsonian which questioned Lovina's
>> certification were fascinating, its status was not yet certain.
>>
>> Today I have some news.
>>
>> John Wasson, who requires no introduction, has stated the following:
>>
>> "I am ready on the basis of the composition to state that I am
>> convinced that Lovina is a meteorite. The argument is that every
>> single element is within the range commonly encountered in iron
>> meteorites. Metals that have been made by man will always differ
>> from
>> meteorites in terms of several elements."
>>
>> The results of other research being done on this remarkable object
>> will dutifully be reported.
>>
>>
>> All best / Darryl
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Received on Mon 22 Feb 2010 01:23:09 PM PST