[meteorite-list] Hajar al-Aswad/ "black stone of Mecca"
From: ted brattstrom <volcanoted_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Sep 12 20:56:59 2005 Message-ID: <20050913005657.47201.qmail_at_web53605.mail.yahoo.com> Aloha, Norm sent off this message ages ago, and, as I was going to Istanbul, I put it on my To Do list Quick answer: I wasn?t able to examine them (there are 6 potential pieces of Hajar al Aswad / Black Stone of the Kaaba in Istanbul) closely enough to give an answer, but I will tell the next person what to do to get a better shot at it, and offer a few pictures. For the story and pictures http://www.k12.hi.us/~tbrattstr/Blackstone/hajar-al-aswad.htm Cheers - ted (volcanoted) --- Norman Lehrman <nlehrman_at_nvbell.net> wrote: > Darren & list, > > There may be an indirect means to get a look at a > piece of the black stone. Years ago I visited the > Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul. In the forecourt of > the mosque are some tombs. Over the door to the > Sultan Suleyman tomb (I think that was the one--), > readily accessible, is what is purported to be a > piece > of the black stone, built into the stonework. I > knew > essentially nothing about meteorites at the time, > but > this has always haunted me. If any list members > make > it to Istanbul, remember this and check it out for > us--- > > Cheers, > Norm > (http://TektiteSource.com) > > --- Darren Garrison <cynapse_at_charter.net> wrote: > > > Anyone know of any decent photos of the supposed > > meteorite called Hajar al-Aswad that is on the > Hajj > > route? Or know if anyone qualified to judge > > meteorites has been able to examine it? (I would > > suspect that if most any of the readers of this > list > > happened to get near it, he would be in risk of > > an unplanned head-removal surgery). > > > > The only photos I've found via Google have been > > small and poorly shot. > > ______________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Received on Mon 12 Sep 2005 08:56:56 PM PDT |
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