Perhaps its the first "Urineite"... I have had a few that had a rotten egg like smell, but never urine.
Greg C. --- On Sat, 6/20/09, Meteorites USA <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Meteorites USA <[email protected]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 7:49 PM > Hi List, > > Don't laugh! This is weird... > > While slicing some unclassified chondrite meteorites I > noticed one meteorite that was particularly odoriferous. I > don't really want to say "what" this piece smells like as I > don't know if it's appropriate list content. Let's just say > that dogs lift their leg to fire hydrants, and maybe, > sometime in the past, this stone just happened to be in the > wrong place at the wrong time. > > The smell was super intense while cutting. At first I > didn't know where it was coming from, then when I finished > the cut, I actually smelled the stone to see if that's where > the odor was originating. Sure enough! Yuck! > > I've cleaned the stone throughly. No amount of cleaning > will remove the smell. It's definitely coming from within > the meteorite itself. > > Has anyone else had any of their NWA stone meteorites that > smell really bad? > > -- Regards, > Eric Wichman > Meteorites USA > http://www.meteoritesusa.com > 904-236-5394 > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
