[meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite

[Bob Holmes]

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 cottingham<mikewren at 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 <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite
>>> To: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com"
>>> <meteorite-list at 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
>>>
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