(meteorobs) Stone at Mecca

[gsuhas1 at vsnl.com]

Spelling of the place in Dehli is Mehrauli.
Suhas 
India

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hunter, Robert" <rhunter at midrex.com>
Date: Friday, October 21, 2005 1:53 am
Subject: RE: (meteorobs) Stone at Mecca

> But it's continually touched and kissed by innumerable people.  It 
> stayspolished.  Plus, it should have some nickel in it.  And, if 
> it's fine
> grained, it wouldn't tend to rust anyway.  Wrought iron is remarkably
> rust resistant.  
> 
> The iron pillar of Meharala (sp?) has been stuck in the dirt for at
> least 1400 years.  It's in the center of Delhi.  The part of it that
> people touch is absolutely smooth and black.  It looks just like the
> black stone.  The rest of it is brown and rusty.  But, amazingly, even
> the part beneath grade level has not rusted away. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
> [meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Matson, Robert
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:17 PM
> To: 'Global Meteor Observing Forum'
> Subject: (meteorobs) Stone at Mecca
> 
> In my opinion, that stone at the Ka'aba at Mecca is not a meteorite.
> The color is completely wrong for either a stone or iron meteorite 
> thatfell (or was found) so long ago.  An iron would be rusty; a stone
> meteorite would not be black.
> 
> I suppose I wouldn't rule out the possibility that it's a tektite -
> - at
> least that would make it a temporary space rock... ;-)  --Rob
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
> [meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org]On Behalf Of Hunter, Robert
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 1:09 PM
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> Subject: RE: (meteorobs) mythology
> 
> 
> Is that the meteor that is the black stone in one corner of the 
> Ka'aba?
> It's believed to be an iron-nickel meteorite, but, of course, it can't
> be sampled for analysis. 
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