[meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite

From: Pete Shugar <pshugar_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:12:34 -0500
Message-ID: <910232776A5E44D8A1A60060062AFBE4_at_laptop>

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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Received on Sat 20 Jun 2009 11:12:34 PM PDT