[meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite

[Pete Shugar]

Maybe it was a camel in the desert or the rider!!!!!!!
Pete

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meteorites USA" <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 6:49 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite


> 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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