[meteorite-list] stinky meteorite
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. Laurence CMS ASU __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
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 Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
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@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 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 Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
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 you post a link to a photo? Thanks, Joe Kerchner http://skyrockcafe.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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 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 e...@meteoritesusa.com wrote: From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com Subject: [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 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 Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite + Photos
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... http://www.meteoritesusa.com/images/odd/unwa-31-0g-a.jpg http://www.meteoritesusa.com/images/odd/unwa-31-0g.jpg 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. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
Hello Joe, and Members of the, Cut One Club (aka, ran into a smelly meteorite), As Michael mentioned before, we have run into stones, when cut, smelt just like that, a fart! We have had our share of pee stones and lets not forget the infamous multi-kilo, Camel Stone, which had only rusted on one side, we found out later that this El Hammami stone had been transported by a camel, with the one side resting against the camels side the entire distance (didn't stink, but the influence upon the stone was noticeable). Funny thread! Anyone who has been to Morocco will know what we are saying, you never know what you will find on these stones!! I remember a batch of stones one clever Moroccan applied Coca~Cola to some ugly old chondrites in order to make the crust look fresher (wasn't Coke's phrase, Freshen-up...). Greg - Original Message - From: Joe Kerchner skyrockmeteori...@yahoo.com 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? Thanks, Joe Kerchner http://skyrockcafe.com - Original Message From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 6:49:31 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite 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 Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
Michael, You're probably be talking about NWA096, the slice I have smelled like Bazooka bubble gum, but the smell went away over time. David Hardy - Original Message From: michael cottingham mikew...@gilanet.com To: Greg Catterton star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com 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 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 e...@meteoritesusa.com wrote: From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com Subject: [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 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 Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
Hello Michael and List- It was indeed NWA 096. The smell was also likened to bubble-gum. The two slices I have both still retain some of that scent. It has a very interesting matrix with large orange clasts. Cheers, Bob Holmes On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 5:23 PM, michael cottinghammikew...@gilanet.com wrote: 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 e...@meteoritesusa.com wrote: From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com Subject: [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 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 Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
Hey Greg, (H) So you've had pee stones before? Did you ever find out what caused it or is it just a guess that something relieved themselves on the stone? Anyone ever do any chemical analysis of any of the pee stones or fart stones? ;) lol Eric Greg Hupe wrote: Hello Joe, and Members of the, Cut One Club (aka, ran into a smelly meteorite), As Michael mentioned before, we have run into stones, when cut, smelt just like that, a fart! We have had our share of pee stones and lets not forget the infamous multi-kilo, Camel Stone, which had only rusted on one side, we found out later that this El Hammami stone had been transported by a camel, with the one side resting against the camels side the entire distance (didn't stink, but the influence upon the stone was noticeable). Funny thread! Anyone who has been to Morocco will know what we are saying, you never know what you will find on these stones!! I remember a batch of stones one clever Moroccan applied Coca~Cola to some ugly old chondrites in order to make the crust look fresher (wasn't Coke's phrase, Freshen-up...). Greg - Original Message - From: Joe Kerchner skyrockmeteori...@yahoo.com 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? Thanks, Joe Kerchner http://skyrockcafe.com - Original Message From: Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 6:49:31 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite 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 Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
Maybe it was a camel in the desert or the rider!!! Pete - Original Message - 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... 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 Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
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 __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
