[meteorite-list] NWA 2140 smells like gum?

From: JKGwilliam <h3chondrite_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:51:27 -0700
Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.0.20061204224533.01d28bd8_at_pop.west.cox.net>

It wasn't Murchison that smelled like bubblegum, it was NWA096 (H3.8).

<http://www.meteoritebiz.com/nwa096.htm>

  If my memory is correct, Murchison specimens smelled of alcohol and
ether? even after several years in storage in a sealed jar.

Best,
John Gwilliam

At 06:18 PM 12/4/2006, Walter Branch wrote:
>Murchison? Bubble gum?
>Asphalt maybe, but bubble gum?
>
>Are your sure it was bubble gum?
>
>-Walter
>________________________
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>
>To: "Mike Bandli" <fuzzfoot at comcast.net>; "'Meteorite Mailing List'"
><meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 8:02 PM
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 2140 smells like gum?
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Bob Haag reported that one fresh Murchison
> > kept in a mason jar from immediately after the fall
> > smelled very strongly and aromatically like fresh
> > bubble gum! (This was, I believe, only a week
> > or two after the fall.)
> >
> > Sterling K. Webb
> > -----------------------------------------------------------
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Bandli" <fuzzfoot at comcast.net>
> > To: "'Meteorite Mailing List'" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 5:14 PM
> > Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 2140 smells like gum?
> >
> >
> > I received two slices of this CV3 meteorite and noticed they smell like
> > fruity gum. It's very weak but definitely noticeable. Yes.I smell all my
> > meteorites when I get them.it can't be that strange of a ritual. Anyone
> > else
> > out there with NWA 2140 notice this? Or did my dealer happen to be wearing
> > his wife's Bath 'N Body Works hand lotion when he packed my slices.
> >
> > I remember some other C meteorite having similar scent, no?
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Mike Bandli
> >
> >
> >
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