It wasn't Murchison that smelled like bubblegum, it was NWA096 (H3.8). <http://www.meteoritebiz.com/nwa096.htm>
If my memory is correct, Murchison specimens smelled of alcohol and ether? even after several years in storage in a sealed jar. Best, John Gwilliam At 06:18 PM 12/4/2006, Walter Branch wrote: >Murchison? Bubble gum? >Asphalt maybe, but bubble gum? > >Are your sure it was bubble gum? > >-Walter >________________________ >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sterling K. Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Mike Bandli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Meteorite Mailing List'" ><[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 8:02 PM >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 2140 smells like gum? > > > > Hi, > > > > Bob Haag reported that one fresh Murchison > > kept in a mason jar from immediately after the fall > > smelled very strongly and aromatically like fresh > > bubble gum! (This was, I believe, only a week > > or two after the fall.) > > > > Sterling K. Webb > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike Bandli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'Meteorite Mailing List'" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 5:14 PM > > Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 2140 smells like gum? > > > > > > I received two slices of this CV3 meteorite and noticed they smell like > > fruity gum. It's very weak but definitely noticeable. Yes.I smell all my > > meteorites when I get them.it can't be that strange of a ritual. Anyone > > else > > out there with NWA 2140 notice this? Or did my dealer happen to be wearing > > his wife's Bath 'N Body Works hand lotion when he packed my slices. > > > > I remember some other C meteorite having similar scent, no? > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Mike Bandli > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
