[meteorite-list] odour

[David Hardy]

I have a part slice of NWA 096 (H3.8) that when I first got it in Tucson a few
years ago, smelled just like bubblegum!  The odor has since gone away.

David H.

--- Armando Afonso <armandoafonso at oniduo.pt> wrote:

> Hi.
> I have been in contact with the persons who found the Ourique meteorite, and 
> all of them refered the initial strong sulfur smell of the stones, now 
> inexistent.
> The specimens seam to be less magnetic now than when they were fresh, too.
> I would say that this indicates the presence of an iron sulfur (Troilite?), 
> that progressively oxidated.
> AA.
> 
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