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Basic information | Name: Kaaba This is NOT an official name: Doubtful meteorite. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1772 Country: Saudi Arabia | ||||||||
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Writeup from MB online:
Scientific references regarding the nature of the Kaaba stone (from MetBase and NASA ADS):
Partsch, P. (1856) Über den schwarzen Stein in der Kaaba zu Mekka. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien. 22, 393-394. Partsch, P. (1857) Über den schwarzen Stein der Kaaba zu Mekka. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. Kl., 13, 1-5. Müller, A. (1885) Über den schwarzen Stein Ka'aba zu Mekka. Allgemeine Geschichte in Einzeldarstellungen, herausg. V.W.Oncken. II Hauptabt. IV Theil: Der Islam im Morgen- und Abendland. 199-203. Wülfing, E.A. (1897) Die Meteoriten in Sammlungen und ihre Literatur, Tübingen, Laupp'schen Buchhandlung, p.400. Khan, M.A.R. (1938) Pop. Astron., Northfield, Minnesota, 46, p.403 (M.A.7-176). Dietz, Robert S. and McHone, John (1974) Kaaba stone: presumably not a meteorite (abstract). Meteoritics 9, 334. Dietz, R.S. and McHone, J. (1974) Kaaba Stone: Not A Meteorite, Probably an AGATE. Meteoritics 9, 173-179 Thomsen, Elsebeth (1980) New light on the origin of the holy black stone of the Ka'ba. Meteoritics, 15, 87-91. Axon, H. J. (1982) The black stone of the Ka'ba: suggestions as to its constitution. Journal of Materials Science Letters 1, 10-12. Graham, A.L. et al. (1985) Catalogue of Meteorites, p.183. | ||||||||
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References: | Never published in the Meteoritical Bulletin
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Mecca (In NHM Cat) |