[meteorite-list] Lovina "debate?"

[Michael Blood]

Hi Kevin, Darryl & all,
        Can anyone tell me why there is ANY debate over whether
Or not Lovina is or is not a meteorite? It is listed in the Meteorite
Bulitin as a meteorite, so, what is this debate based on and
Who is arguing the issue?
        RSVP anyone who knows...
        Thanks, Michael


On 6/8/10 10:58 AM, "Kevin Kichinka" <marsrox at gmail.com> wrote:

> I notice that a slice of Darryl's lovely Lovina met was recently
> offered at auction. Reading the prose associated with its consignment,
> I wonder if clarification is in order.
> 
> "In addition, Lovina is also one of a handful of underwater meteorite
> finds, and is the only meteorite find recovered from a body of water
> where there was not an additional meteorite from the same event first
> recovered from the shoreline."
> 
> I lived in Florida for many years and have an interest in the few
> meteorites recovered there.
> 
> According to the Cat of Mets 5th Edition - "Okechobee L4 (Palm Beach
> County, Florida) - Fragments weighing about 1kg were brought up in a
> net some 0.75 miles from the shore, G.P. Merrill (1916)."
> 
> The body of water is Lake Okeechobee. There is no record of specimens
> ever having been recovered on shore.
> 
> Kevin Kichinka
> MARSROX at gmail.com
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