[meteorite-list] Extra-terrestrial Fossil found in meteorite?

[Ted Bunch]

Contamination from terrestrial sources has always been the bottom line for
so-called meteorite fossils. For example, Orgueil was supposedly kept in a
drawer with coal samples for 50 years. Even though a "pristine" sample of
Murchison was kept under vacuum for 2 years after recovery, the organic
chemists found considerable terrestrial contamination, etc., etc.

Be patient with this "new discovery".

Ted


On 3/5/11 10:20 AM, "John Hendry" <pict at pict.co.uk> wrote:

> The picture is a bit misleadingŠ I initially thought that was a
> photomicrograph from the meteorite, but it's actually a terrestrial
> Titanospirillum velox with the image lifted from this paperŠ
> http://bioinformatica.uab.es/biocomputacio/treballs02-03/S_Serrano/articulo
> %20espiroqueta.htm
> John
> 
> 
> 
> On 05/03/2011 09:26, "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all - 
>> 
>> This just in:
>> 
>> http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/03/05/exclusive-nasa-scientists-claims
>> -evidence-alien-life-meteorite/
>> 
>> Cl1's anyone?
>> 
>> This one has me baffled. My guess would be ejecta from an Earth or Mars
>> impact, but... No, that doesn't work.
>> 
>> E.P.
>> 
>> 
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