[meteorite-list] Lovina: most likely not a meteorite
From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 20:03:07 -0700 Message-ID: <68EA1F9257CE4B7DA0F2A8BCD9D61650_at_bosoheadPC> Lovina remains a high priority for me! List, please correct me, since I'm no doubt way off base here, but wasn't the original mass's physical appearance attributed in part to a saline submersion refractory? It was my first red-flag. Still, Lovina is THE most amazing structure, whether or not terrestrial. (I have a prominent empty spot on my wrong-shelf dedicated to Lovina, along side a mostly siderite vs.olivine Shirkowski, and then a translucent olivine Shir-slice; and a Mendota-wrong.) These curious query-wrongs are awesome!!! -Richard Montgomery ----- Original Message ----- From: "Count Deiro" <countdeiro at earthlink.net> To: "Darryl Pitt" <darryl at dof3.com>; "Meteorite-list List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Cc: "Baiyu" <baiyu4u at gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lovina: most likely not a meteorite >I know how disappointed you must be, Darryl. You spent a great deal of >blood and treasure directing and paying for the the analysis of this still >extraordinary apecimen. The professionalism and honesty of your efforts to >find the truth of Lovinia is apparent to all. The piece sure did capture >the imagination. I was hoping for a different outcome, so I could have a >piece. > > Best personal regards, > > Guido > > > > -----Original Message----- >>From: Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> >>Sent: May 24, 2011 6:22 PM >>To: Meteorite-list List <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> >>Cc: Baiyu <baiyu4u at gmail.com> >>Subject: [meteorite-list] Lovina: most likely not a meteorite >> >> >> >>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 11:03:07 PM PDT |
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