[meteorite-list] Meteorite - new issue - Lovina ungrouped iron

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Hi Matthias, Svend, all,

You just beat me to that Matthias...an unbelievable meteorite specimen, just incredible.

Graham, UK

---- "Matthias Bärmann" <majbaermann at web.de> wrote: 
> Svend, list,
> 
> don't wanting to anticipate Darryl's reaction - only to shorten the latency 
> a bit:
> http://www.macovich.com/Lovina.htm
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Matthias B.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <info at niger-meteorite-recon.de>
> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 6:44 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite - new issue - Lovina ungrouped iron
> 
> 
> > Today the current issue of Meteorite arrived. While I haven't found time 
> > yet to
> > read through the articles, I had a post card fell from inbetween pages, 
> > showing
> > a
> > brilliant and most exciting photo, which I'd like to point your kind 
> > attention
> > to.
> >
> > The photo shows the surf-sculpted mass of the Lovina ungrouped iron, a 
> > 1981 find
> > from Bali Indonesia of a 8.2 kg meteoritic iron. Ever since I heard from 
> > its
> > discovery and classification I wondered how it might look like. 
> > Particularly as
> > I walked the very beach where it was found repeatedly in 2004 and 2008. 
> > Well, it
> > is not exxagerated to say, that the specimen's appearance has nothing in 
> > common
> > with iron meteorites as we know them.
> >
> > The anthrazite colored mass displays a beautiful and striking three 
> > dimensional
> > crystallization pattern which reminds one on the stepped roof 
> > architectures of
> > Balinese temples - or on colonies of polyhedral Pacific barnacles clinging 
> > to
> > rocks in the surf. The iron is of such striking plasticity that one is 
> > tempted
> > to
> > doubt, that the structures present are indeed revealed by nature and not 
> > by
> > a very gifted sculptor.
> >
> > Perhaps our fellow list member and author of this world class photo, 
> > Darryl
> > Pitt, is so kind to provide a link. For those who might not receive 
> > Meteorite,
> > or think, they "have seen it all" its really worth a look.
> >
> > Svend
> >
> > www.meteorite-recon.com
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