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

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Feb 10 16:27:13 2005
Message-ID: <BAY4-F803A0D7A72D27B0A84CAFB3760_at_phx.gbl>

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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