[meteorite-list] re:Odour of meteorites

From: mark ford <markf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Apr 21 11:52:55 2006
Message-ID: <6CE3EEEFE92F4B4085B0E086B2941B315090C8_at_s-southern01.s-southern.com>

Hi,

Yep certain falls definitely have an odor, even O'C's have a metallic
smell (to me anyway!?)it seems to be strongest after cutting, so I
wonder if some of it is actually just the fine dust left over from the
cutting process?

I once tried to train my dog (Cleo) to recognize an Allende meteorite
from a piece of ordinary rock, No, I am not mad -it was just for fun, as
I was taking her to dog training classes at the time!!

 She could get it right in 70% of cases, which wasn't bad, though I am
not of course, sure if other factors where involved, but a dog's sense
of smell really is amazing.

Though not sure I would use a dog to hunt for meteorites, far too many
other interesting things for them to eat/sniff/pee on!!


Best!
Mark Ford





 





-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Dave
Harris
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 5:29 PM
To: metlist
Subject: [meteorite-list] re:Odour of meteorites

Hi,
I too have noticed that when I open my membrane box with my Murchison
specimen, it has an interesting odour - reminds me of my organic
chemistry
experiments at Uni - mainly with aldehydes and ether.....
I did wonder if it was the cutting lubricant though that was responsible
for
the odour and not the kerogens associated with the space rock itself,
although when Murchison fell, there was a lot of comments from the
residents
regarding the odour left in the air.

What I need is a nice whole specimen and I'll crack it up in a bag with
a
hammer and huff in the contents!!! When I come down frmo my space trip,
I
ll get my bloods analysed!

Best!

dave
IMCA #0092


 
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