Ankeritic carbonate is essentially dolomite that has iron and manganese substituting for some of the magnesium and/or calcium. I can't see that it has anything to do with life on Mars or anywhere else in the universe.
--Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Blood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Treiman, Allan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Meteorite Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2002 2:44 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA 998 Hi Allan & anyone out there who may know, I have noticed that the term "ankeritic carbonate" was used in the preliminary Meteoritical Bulletin write-up for NWA 998 Nakhlite. This term was also used in the description of ALH84001. Does the term "ankeritic carbonate" mean the same as when the term was used in conjunction with ALH 84001? (if you do a search on yahoo for "ankeritic carbonate" meteorite the only hit is ALH 84001) Does this mean that NWA 998 has the same characteristics as ALH84001 in regards to the possibility of life on Mars controversy? ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
