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

[John.L.Cabassi]

G'Day Everyone, (sorry too many to list)
When Lovina came to light, I was impressed. I had never seen anything
like it and to be honest, I had my doubts. Then the situation progressed
and I thought, wow, this is spectacular and you must admit, it's one
hell of a piece!  My first thoughts when this came to fruitation was a
Manganese Nodule highly abrated and managed to surface itself on a
beach, that's when the story began.  

I withdrew into my shell in disgust and embarrassment and then Lovina
erupted again and I was excited. Now this latest issue... Please, you've
got to stop. I've been on this roller coaster ride for a long time and
I'm about to puke ;-)) 

But in the great words of Mike G, even though I don't own any Lovina,
whatever is associated with it has been suspended from sale until
further notice.

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Michael Gilmer
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To: Count Deiro
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Lovina: most likely not a meteorite


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:
>>
>>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
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