[meteorite-list] Re: Tagish Lake Meteorite 'A Gem'

From: Robert Verish <bolidechaser_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:00:10 2004
Message-ID: <20020725013314.62075.qmail_at_web10403.mail.yahoo.com>

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[meteorite-list] Re: Tagish Lake Meteorite 'A Gem'
Matson, Robert ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_saic.com
Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:07:34 -0700

Hi Herbert and List,

>> The chunk of space rock is higher in
extra-terrestrial
>> material than any other meteorite and may belong in

>> a class of its own, say researchers at London's
>> Natural History Museum.

Herbert commented, "Higher in extra-terrestrial
material than any other meteorite???
Uuuups, I thought my meteorites are all 100%
extra-terrestrial material. Does Tagish Lake get
110%..? ;-)"

I didn't save the original article, but I seem to
recall that it was extra-terrestrial carbon (or carbon
compounds) that Tagish had in greater abundance than
all other carbonaceous chondrites.
But that doesn't excuse the use of the misleading
words "extra-terrestrial material" as a substitute for
organic compounds.

--Rob
--------------------------------------------

Hey Rob?

Wouldn't it work just as well if you replaced the word
"extra-terrestrial" with "extra-solar",
as in "extra-solar material"??

;-)
BOb V.


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Received on Wed 24 Jul 2002 09:33:14 PM PDT