[meteorite-list] Murchison - A smelly Rock

From: bernd.pauli at paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: 05 Dec 2006 12:17:32 UT
Message-ID: <DIIE.000000B90000129B_at_paulinet.de>

HAAG ROBERT (1997) Field Guide of Meteorites
(10th + 12th Anniversary Editions, 1991 + 1997, p. 36):

Betty Maslin, a Murchison, Australia resident, displays the smelly rocks that
landed on the outskirts of town one Sunday morning in September, 1969.
Detonations and "hissing" noises were heard when the fireball exploded and
smoke rings were seen hanging in the air. Some 700 kilos of stones rained
out of the sky, covering 33 square kilometers, and stinking up the town with
the smell of methylated spirits. (Betty and her father found the two largest
pieces by the road.) The jar Mrs. Maslin is holding had been sealed for ten
years, and when I opened it, the smell of alcohol and ether was still strong
enough to nearly put me under.

Hello List,

For those list members who don't have these field guides, I'm going to send
the picture from Bob's Field Guide to Jeff Kuyken who can then upload it for
everyone to have a look. Thanks in advance, Jeff!

Cheers,

Bernd
Received on Tue 05 Dec 2006 07:17:32 AM PST