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KAABA STONE: NOT A METEORITE, PROBABLY AN AGATE
Author(s) -
Dietz Robert S.,
McHone John
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1974.tb00072.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , geology , archaeology , astrobiology , geography , physics
The Black Stone of the Kaaba apparently is not a meteorite, although listed as a probable example in the Prior‐Hey Catalogue of Meteorites. Diffusion banding and other physical attributes suggest that it is an agate.