[meteorite-list] Apology

[Chris Spratt]

Sorry about the blank message sent from my iPhone. For some it has a 
habit of doing that without me actually inputting anything..

 As for stinky meteorites:

I've often read old articles on freshly fallen meteorites that mention 
the meteroite(s) had a "musty" or "sulphur like smell",
when found by observers near the scene of the fall. Never been that 
lucky myself.

I had an old chunk of Canyon Diablo that was well weathered, and smelled 
"fusty" according to my dear, now departed, old mother. (Her term not 
mine). I had to place it into a plastic "doggy" bag  to keep down on the 
family complaints. That specimen is in good company now,  being at the 
Geological Survey of Canada in Ottawa, alongside  the "fusty" old 
politicians just down the road.

Chris. Spratt
Victoria, BC