Well said Count. I agree 100%. Of course, meteorite or not, it's still worth acquiring (IMO). :)
Best regards, MikeG -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites & Amber (Michael Gilmer) Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Galactic-Stone-Ironworks/218849894809686 News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ] On 5/24/11, Count Deiro <[email protected]> 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 > > > > -----Original Message----- >>From: Darryl Pitt <[email protected]> >>Sent: May 24, 2011 6:22 PM >>To: Meteorite-list List <[email protected]> >>Cc: Baiyu <[email protected]> >>Subject: [meteorite-list] Lovina: most likely not a meteorite >> >> >> >>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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>______________________________________________ >>Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>Meteorite-list mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
