the holy black Kaaba stone in Mecca
Stato: Saudi Arabia Anno: 1998 Notizie: On March 29, 1998 Saudi Arabia issued a stamp depicting the holy black Kaaba stone in Mecca. The stone sits in the northeastern outside corner of the Kaaba building towards which Moslems pray five times daily. Moslems consider the Kaaba stone one of their holiest relics. Tradition says the stone fell from heaven, so it may be a meteorite or an impactite -- impact glass formed by sand and meteorite fragments fused together by the heat of a meteorite impact in sand. One Arabian source of impactite is the Wabar meteorite craters located about 1,070 kilometers east of Mecca. However, recent studies suggest these craters formed too recently to be the source for the Kaaba stone. See Bradley E. Schaefer's article «Meteors that changed the world» for more information about the Kaaba stone. |
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