[meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite

[Greg Catterton]

Perhaps its the first "Urineite"...
I have had a few that had a rotten egg like smell, but never urine.

Greg C.

--- On Sat, 6/20/09, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:


> From: Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com>

> Subject: [meteorite-list] Stinky Meteorite

> To: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Date: Saturday, June 20, 2009, 7:49 PM

> 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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