[meteorite-list] Roman Meteorite Coins

From: Bigjohn Shea <bigjohnshea_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 16:41:54 +0200
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Almost certainly lost to history, Yinan.

There is one ancient baeytl still around that is not of Roman origin, but instead Islamic. That being the Black Stone of Mecca, also called the Al-Hajaru al-Aswad. Some have suggested it is a meteorite. Of course no testing has been done to verify this...

http://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/kaaba-black-stone-holy-stone-outer-space-003661

Given the locality, I wouldn?t put it past the realm of possibility. Even in that region though, after 1000+ years without appropriate climate control, any iron bearing meteorite specimen would certainly no longer appear as black as the Al-Hajaru does.

Cheers,
John A. Shea, MD
IMCA 3295
www.bigjohnmeteorites.com




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On 4/16/18 at 9:18 AM, Yinan via Meteorite-list wrote:

> Hmm, I wonder what happened to the meteorites and sacred stones depicted in the coins. Sounds like the main one, the stone of Emesa, was probably returned to Emesa after the emperor died. Lost in History I guess.
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> > On Apr 16, 2018, at 9:52 AM, Michael Blood via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks much to both John and to Volker,
> >
> > The Pip Burns site was the one I remembered, but the Midwest Meteorites
> > Site is a Killer source, too.
> >
> > Thanks to you both,
> > Michael
> >
> >> On Apr 16, 2018, at 6:25 AM, Bigjohn Shea <bigjohnshea at mail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I think you may be referring to this Michael.
> >>
> >> http://www.meteorman.org/Meteorite_Coin.htm
> >>
> >> Cheers!
> >> John A. Shea, MD
> >> IMCA 3295
> >> www.bigjohnmeteorites.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Sent using the mail.com mail app
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> >>> On 4/16/18 at 8:21 AM, Michael Blood via Meteorite-list wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> There used to be a person on the list with a website that had a page
> >>> Of ancient Roman meteorite coins and their descriptions. Since my computer
> >>> Crash, his site is no longer in my bookmarks.
> >>>
> >>> Can anyone tell me who it is and the website URL?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks, Michael Blood
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