Oops ---Re: [meteorite-list] Hajar al-Aswad/ "black stone of Mecca"

From: star-bits_at_comcast.net <star-bits_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Sep 13 00:40:09 2005
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Ted the photos are really pretty good. If I had to make a guess I would say that the piece at the tomb of Suleyman the Magnificent is not a meteorite. That guess is based solely on the complete lack of any staining on the marble below the piece. After such a long period of time in the weather even meteorites with small amounts of iron would have the iron leach out and stain the marble below. Of course the area could have been sandblasted clean recently removing the stain which would invalidate the comments above.

--
Eric Olson
ELKK Meteorites
http://www.star-bits.com
> messed up the link!!!
> 
> sorry
> 
> http://www.k12.hi.us/~tbrattst/Blackstone/hajar-al-aswad.htm
> 
> 
> That should work
> 
> ted
> 
> 
> --- ted brattstrom <volcanoted_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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.
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