Kaaba Stone: Not A Meteorite, Probably an AGATE
Abstract
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.
- Publication:
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Meteoritics
- Pub Date:
- June 1974
- DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1974.tb00072.x
- Bibcode:
- 1974Metic...9..173D
- Keywords:
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- Meteorites;
- Named