(meteorobs) Stone at Mecca

[Steven Kolins]

On Oct 20, 2005, at 7:51 PM, Matson, Robert wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> The Wabar craters are associated with a large iron meteorite fall;
> however, I seriously doubt that the black stone at Ka'ba (literally,
> "square building" is an iron meteorite.  It could, however, be an
> unusually large specimen of black impactite glass from one of the
> Wabar craters -- i.e. a giant Wabar pearl.  That the black stone
> (which has broken into several pieces) has been worn smooth by
> centuries of rubbing/kissing further supports the idea that it is
> fused silica, rather than iron or chondritic material.  --Rob

When was the Wabar craters? Is this the c.1863AD fall in the empty  
quarter of Saudi Arabia? This is far out of sync with the setting up  
of Mecca as a place of Moslem pilgrimagte circa 651AD, let alone the  
original usage of the Ka'ba long before.

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