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

[ted brattstrom]

messed up the link!!!

sorry

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


That should work

ted


--- ted brattstrom <volcanoted at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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.
> > > ______________________________________________
> 
> 
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
> protection around 
> http://mail.yahoo.com 
> ______________________________________________
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
> 



		
__________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 
http://mail.yahoo.com