--------------- Original Message ---------------- [meteorite-list] Re: Tagish Lake Meteorite 'A Gem' Matson, Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
