[meteorite-list] Lovina: most likely not a meteorite

[Michael Gilmer]

Well said Count.  I agree 100%.

Of course, meteorite or not, it's still worth acquiring (IMO).    :)

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 5/24/11, Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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
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> -----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
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>>Greetings:
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>All best / Darryl
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