[meteorite-list] I (Heart) Lovina

[Darryl Pitt]

As the discussion has moved to FALLS, Marjalahti--another Finn--is  
another as well.



On Jun 9, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Jeff Grossman wrote:

> Bjurböle is another.
>
> jeff
>
> On 6/9/2010 2:11 AM, Jason Utas wrote:
>> Hello All,
>> One shouldn't forget Eltanin, Clarion, and Clipperton, three
>> meteorites recovered by sampling the ocean floor; it's hard to call
>> anything more of a water-find than that!  An oceanic *fall* would be
>> Tahara, of which the only fragments recovered were found on the deck
>> of a ship (near the two dents that the stones made when they hit it).
>> No fragments of it hit land, so far as we know.  The boat was docked,
>> but it was still in the water, meaning that it was a fall that was
>> recovered without ever touching land!
>> Cool stuff...and a shame we have so few water recoveries, seeing as
>> ~3/4 of all meteorites that fall wind up in the drink.
>> Regards,
>> Jason
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Darryl Pitt<darryl at dof3.com>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Kevin,
>>>
>>> You are too gracious; a clarification is not in order---an error  
>>> needs to be
>>> corrected!!
>>>
>>>
>>> All best / Darryl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 8, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Kevin Kichinka 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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>>> On Jun 8, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Darryl Pitt wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Kevin,
>>>>
>>>> You are too gracious; a clarification is not in order---an error  
>>>> needs to
>>>> be corrected!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> All best / Darryl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 8, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Kevin Kichinka 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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