Hello,
In the early days when Mike Farmer and I where bringing over the very
first batches of NWA's, I believe it was NWA 96? or NWA 90 something,
somewhere around that number, we had one that upon cutting smelled
like "Cotton Candy" It baffled everyone as to what the smell was or
where it came from. It was distinct though and no doubt it came from
within the meteorite. Some of you know which one I am talking about.
The smell of that meteorite made me think of the county fairs I have
been to! Since then I have come across many chondrites both
carbonaceous and ordinary that have had distinct smells-smells like
charcoal, gunpowder, bubble gum or cotton candy, acid like smells,
paint smells, and other smells. A strange event and very hard to pin
point down to the cause...
Best Wishes
Michael Cottingham
http://stores.ebay.com/voyage-botanica-natural-history
On Jun 20, 2009, at 5:07 PM, Greg Catterton wrote:
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
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