[meteorite-list] Apology

From: Chris Spratt <cspratt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:43:06 -0700
Message-ID: <4C4B424A.6000507_at_islandnet.com>

Sorry about the blank message sent from my iPhone. For some it has a
habit of doing that without me actually inputting anything..

 As for stinky meteorites:

I've often read old articles on freshly fallen meteorites that mention
the meteroite(s) had a "musty" or "sulphur like smell",
when found by observers near the scene of the fall. Never been that
lucky myself.

I had an old chunk of Canyon Diablo that was well weathered, and smelled
"fusty" according to my dear, now departed, old mother. (Her term not
mine). I had to place it into a plastic "doggy" bag to keep down on the
family complaints. That specimen is in good company now, being at the
Geological Survey of Canada in Ottawa, alongside the "fusty" old
politicians just down the road.

Chris. Spratt
Victoria, BC
Received on Sat 24 Jul 2010 03:43:06 PM PDT