[meteorite-list] Stinky meteorites
From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:15:32 -0700 Message-ID: <C870EC54.10799%mlblood_at_cox.net> Hi Richard, What else but TP should be used for a Camel's Donga? Michael On 7/24/10 6:58 PM, "Richard Montgomery" <rickmont at earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi List...something to add....recently I recieved my best-yet Camel Donga in > the mail, "appropriately" packaged from down under, although the inner > wrapping was a generous coil of TP (toilet paper, chemically scented, no > less)... Alas! As a mychophile, naturally I smell every new specimen > ungo to bless my forays, the small a key character to published and > described species. I didn't expect the pungent odor of "pretty-stuff" to > envelop my new complete and awesome eucrite, so I allowed it to sit under > the scope over-night, in hopes of no sugar-plums dancing around in the > morning. > > Fortunately, no residudal smell, that I could detect, twelve hours later; > yet/and thanks to that shiney crust I hope no terestrial crap happened to > it.....but it does re-inforce the need for awareness on shipping and > packaging. > > What are we wrapping our specimens in???? > > Richard M > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Meteorites USA" <eric at meteoritesusa.com> > To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2010 11:58 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Stinky meteorites > > >> Baby powder meteorite, camel pee meteorite? I wonder where those came >> from? They sound familiar. ;) >> >> Baby powder, good... >> >> Camel pee, bad... >> >> ;) >> >> Eric >> >> >> On 7/24/2010 11:51 AM, GeoZay at aol.com wrote: >>> >>>>> I have an end cut of an uNWA chondrite which smelled like urine when >>>>> >>> cut.<< >>> >>> It might have been on a camel trail? >>> GeoZay >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Visit the Archives at >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >>> >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Sat 24 Jul 2010 10:15:32 PM PDT |
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