[meteorite-list] Stinky meteorites

[Richard Montgomery]

Hi List...something to add....recently I recieved my best-yet Camel Donga in 
the mail, "appropriately" packaged from down under, although the inner 
wrapping was a generous coil of TP (toilet paper, chemically scented, no 
less)...   Alas!   As a mychophile, naturally I smell every new specimen 
ungo to bless my forays, the small a key character to published and 
described species.  I didn't expect the pungent odor of "pretty-stuff" to 
envelop my new complete and awesome eucrite, so I allowed it to sit under 
the scope over-night, in hopes of no sugar-plums dancing around in the 
morning.

Fortunately, no residudal smell, that I could detect, twelve hours later; 
yet/and thanks to that shiney crust I hope no terestrial crap happened to 
it.....but it does re-inforce the need for awareness on shipping and 
packaging.

What are we wrapping our specimens in????

Richard M


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Meteorites USA" <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky meteorites


> Baby powder meteorite, camel pee meteorite? I wonder where those came 
> from? They sound familiar. ;)
>
> Baby powder, good...
>
> Camel pee, bad...
>
> ;)
>
> Eric
>
>
> On 7/24/2010 11:51 AM, GeoZay at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>>> I have an end cut of an uNWA  chondrite which smelled like urine when
>>>>
>> cut.<<
>>
>> It might have been  on a camel trail?
>> GeoZay
>>
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