A while back I was dry cutting (slowly with a thin low-density diamond
blade) a piece of Indarch, which produced a rather disagreeable odour.
I put the smell down to the reaction of the finely powdered air-
sensitive minerals such as oldhamite and niningerite with the moisture
in the air.
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
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 e...@meteoritesusa.com wrote:
From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
To: meteorite-list
Photos of stinky meteorite...
http://www.meteoritesusa.com/images/odd/unwa-31-0g-a.jpg
http://www.meteoritesusa.com/images/odd/unwa-31-0g.jpg
Joe Kerchner wrote:
Eric,
Does the matrix look normal or could it be a carb chondrite? I have heard
of some CC's that have unusual smells. could
-list] Stinky Meteorite
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
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
LOL! Yeah... Neither have I...
Urineite! Cool word... Thinking that maybe a camel or dog peed on it. ;) lol
It seriously stinks! Really there's no describing the awful smell...
Regards,
Eric
P.S. For those of you who haven't seen it here's the photos...
skyrockmeteori...@yahoo.com
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Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:58 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
Eric,
Does the matrix look normal or could it be a carb chondrite? I have
heard of some CC's that have unusual smells. could you post
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Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 8:23:54 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
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
: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
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
To: meteorite list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:58 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
Eric,
Does the matrix look normal or could it be a carb chondrite? I
have heard of some CC's that have unusual smells. could you post a
link to a photo
Maybe it was a camel in the desert or the rider!!!
Pete
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From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 6:49 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
Hi List,
Don't laugh! This is weird
This meteorite could have come from a rock cairn... Maybe a dog used a
rock cairn as a rest stop.
A nomad meteorite hunter could have come along searching for meteorites
and there you have it! ;)
Regards,
Eric
Pete Shugar wrote:
Maybe it was a camel in the desert or the rider!!!
Pete
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