[meteorite-list] Lovina: most likely not a meteorite
From: Jeff Grossman <jngrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 22:44:23 -0400 Message-ID: <4DDC6D07.9070904_at_gmail.com> Yes, that is how it works. Jeff On 5/24/2011 10:14 PM, Michael Gilmer wrote: > If Lovina is not a meteorite, then I would suggest that it remain in > the Bulletin with a write-up, but should be labeled a > "pseudo-meteorite" like Shirokovsky. > > Best regards, > > MikeG > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Galactic Stone& Ironworks - Meteorites& Amber (Michael Gilmer) > > Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com > Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Galactic-Stone-Ironworks/218849894809686 > News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 > Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone > EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > On 5/24/11, Jeff Grossman<jngrossman at gmail.com> wrote: >> Meteorites can be discredited. We shall have to see about this one. >> >> Jeff >> >> On 5/24/2011 9:59 PM, JoshuaTreeMuseum wrote: >>> Man, I knew that thing was too weird to be a meteorite. I wonder if >>> the the MetBull will take it off their list or will they leave it, >>> like they're doing with the Al Haggounia 001 aubrite kerfuffel. >>> >>> Phil Whitmer >>> >>> ___________________________ >>> >>> Greetings: >>> >>> I just received a preliminary abstract on Lovina from Kuni Nishiizumi >>> of UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory. Kuni, the abstract's lead >>> author, concluded it is unlikely Lovina is a meteorite. The markers >>> analyzed were beryllium and chlorine concentrations and the paucity of >>> cosmogenic radionuclides (only Gibeon and Nantan show less). One more >>> round of tests will occur and further conclusions will be drawn from >>> the same. The abstract entitled "Lovina: is this a Meteorite?" will >>> appear in the MAPS volume associated with the 74th Annual Meteoritical >>> Society Meeting this coming August. >>> >>> It has been suggested by some diehards that the bubbling evident in >>> the Lovina mass could have been the result of smelting, and that the >>> lack of cosmogenic radiation could be explained by Lovina having been >>> near the center of a much larger mass---as we know Lovina originated >>> from at least a somewhat larger mass for the ziggurat structures to >>> have formed. However, in the spirit of embracing the most likely of >>> explanations, it seems compelling to conclude that the most likely >>> explanation for an expanding host of anomalies is Lovina's terrestrial >>> origin. >>> >>> Accordingly, I've decided to no longer offer Lovina as a meteorite and >>> have asked my webmaster to take down references to the same on >>> Macovich.com at her earliest possible convenience. >>> >>> >>> All best / Darryl >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Visit the Archives at >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list at 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 at meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > > -- Received on Tue 24 May 2011 10:44:23 PM PDT |
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