[meteorite-list] NWA 2140 smells like gum?
From: Jeff Kuyken <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 17:36:58 +1100 Message-ID: <001d01c71837$c531c670$0201010a_at_mandin4f89ypwu> I think everyone is right. I believe residents could smell the 'alcohol' like smell after the Murchison fall but I've also heard the bubble gum comment before too. Cheers, Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: JKGwilliam To: Walter Branch ; Sterling K. Webb ; Mike Bandli ; 'Meteorite Mailing List' Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA 2140 smells like gum? 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 > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Tue 05 Dec 2006 01:36:58 AM PST |
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