[meteorite-list] NPA 06-12-1890 Organic Matter, Mighei Meteorite and Carcote Meteorite

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: Athens Messenger
City: Athens, Ohio
Date: Thursday, June 12, 1890
Page: 6 (of 8)

     ORGANIC MATTER FROM SPACE. - Chemists report the recent analysis of two 
remarkable meteorites. One, which fell in June at Migheni, Russia, contains 
about 5 per cent. of organic matter in the shape of a yellow substance 
closely resembling resin, and also has about 2 per cent. of what is 
apparently a metallic salt of a new element. The other meteorite fell at 
Carcote, Chili, and contains not only carbon in organic substances soluble 
in ether, but also an elementary  crystalline form of carbon - dull black 
and very hard - which is, in fact, a variety of black diamond. The rapidly 
lengthening list of meteorites of this class raises the interesting question 
whether the organic matter really indicates the previous existence of some 
form of life in these celestial visitors, or whether under certain 
conditions, such as may exist in the earth’s interior, carbon and hydrogen 
may unite, without the presence of any living organism, to form organic 
substances.

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Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
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