[meteorite-list] Re: Odour of meteorites

[Greg Redfern]

Good Evening List,

  I have an 80 gram Murchison specimen that I keep under a bell jar.
When I lift the jar it contains the aroma of a fine whisky. With 98
identified amino acids and 13% water by volume perhaps this explains
this wonderful smell. I never tire of it.

All the best,

Greg 

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Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 2:01 PM
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Re: Odour of meteorites

Hi,
I have a piece of the famous bubble-gum smelling meteorite NWA 096,
which
to me smelled more like perfume. That was a few years ago; sadly the
smell
is gone. Irons, especially if they are rusting, have a pungent, acidic
odor. Chondrites generally smell "dusty" to me with a shades of
earthiness
like rocks under hot sun. Occasionally you can smell the metal in them
too,
again especially if there is significant rusting. A slice of Allende I
got
from Bob Haag years back still smells like a strange mix of gunpowder
and
car exhaust. 
My two nosefuls (yuck, sorry ;-)
Bob

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