[meteorite-list] Hajar al-Aswad/ "black stone of Mecca"

[ted brattstrom]

Aloha,

Norm sent off this message ages ago, and, as I was
going to Istanbul, I put it on my To Do list



Quick answer: I wasn’t able to examine them (there are
6 potential pieces of Hajar al Aswad / Black Stone of
the Kaaba in Istanbul) closely enough to give an
answer, but I will tell the next person what to do to
get a better shot at it, and offer a few pictures.

For the story and pictures 

http://www.k12.hi.us/~tbrattstr/Blackstone/hajar-al-aswad.htm


Cheers - ted   (volcanoted)


--- Norman Lehrman <nlehrman at nvbell.net> wrote:

> Darren & list,
> 
> There may be an indirect means to get a look at a
> piece of the black stone.  Years ago I visited the
> Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul.  In the forecourt of
> the mosque are some tombs.  Over the door to the
> Sultan Suleyman tomb (I think that was the one--),
> readily accessible, is what is purported to be a
> piece
> of the black stone, built into the stonework.  I
> knew
> essentially nothing about meteorites at the time,
> but
> this has always haunted me.  If any list members
> make
> it to Istanbul, remember this and check it out for
> us---
> 
> Cheers,
> Norm
> (http://TektiteSource.com)
> 
> --- Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net> wrote:
> 
> > Anyone know of any decent photos of the supposed
> > meteorite called Hajar al-Aswad that is on the
> Hajj
> > route?  Or know if anyone qualified to judge
> > meteorites has been able to examine it?  (I would
> > suspect that if most any of the readers of this
> list
> > happened to get near it, he would be in risk of
> > an unplanned head-removal surgery).
> > 
> > The only photos I've found via Google have been
> > small and poorly shot.
> > ______________________________________________


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