Contaminated Meteorite
- 27 November 1964
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 146 (3648) , 1157-1161
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.146.3648.1157
Abstract
One stone of the Orgueil meteorite shower contains an assortment of biogenic materials: coal fragments, seed capsules of the reed Juncus conglomeratus, other plant fragments, and an optically active, water-soluble protein material resembling collagen-derived glues. This sample seems to have been accidentally or deliberately contaminated shortly after the fall of the meteorite in 1864.Keywords
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