Hi,
Ursula Marvin has attributed many of the reports of hot stones with a
sulphurous smell to a "fire and brimstone" expectation on the part of the
observers, especially for the older historic falls. She notes that the
reports of hot stones still exist - primarily due to what observers think a
meteorite should be like when it is recovered - but the sulphurous smell
seems to have subsided. She references a 1974 paper by Sears. See D.W.
Sears, 'Why did meteorites lose their smell?', Journal of the British
Astronomical Association 84 (1974), 299-300.
See Marvin's chapter "Meteorites in History" in The History of Meteoritics
and Key Meteorite Collections: Fireballs, Falls and Finds, G.J.H. McCall, A.
J. Bowden and R. J. Howarth editors (Geological Society, London: 2007),
15-71. Her reference to the hot and sulphurous stones is on page 54.
Mark
Mark Grossman
Briarcliff Manor, NY
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