Hey Dave! Another characteristic that links Apex Chert and ALH84001 is the controversy surrounding them, and their claim to having evidence for microfossils. ;-) Bob V.
"earliest life?" ... The oldest well dated and well preserved microsfossils were described by JW Schopf from the Apex Chert at Marble Bar, Western Australia. ... <http://www.uni-muenster.de/GeoPalaeontologie/ Palaeo/Palbot/seite1.html> Astrobiology Magazine ... described 3.5 billion-year-old specimens from Western Australia as fossilized ... The Apex Chert microfossils (above) formed in association with hot fluids near a hot springs... <http://www.astrobio.net/news/print.php?sid=350> [RTF] Earth's Oldest Fossils Reverse Course By: David Tenenbaum ... fresh debate, [but that]while Lowe may be correct about some of the South African dikes, he appears to be mistaken about the Apex chert in Western Australia. <http://www.astrobio.net/news/rtf.php?sid=421&; d=Astrobio421&ext=Astrobio421.doc> ---------------------------- [meteorite-list] Down Under Connection (0ff topic delete) hunting Apex Chert David Freeman dfreeman at fascination.com Mon Aug 9 21:38:52 EDT 2004 As an added note: Apex Chert has some of the same mico fossils as ALH84001 !!!! Not as off topic as I once thought! DF (who could use a good head soaking) David Freeman wrote: > Dear List; > Please forgive my off topic request. > I seek an Australian person who could offer any > information on my acquiring Apex Chert from Western > Australia. Apex Chert is the oldest fossil > From Earth at 3.5 BYO. > Any help/suggestions would be welcomed...minus, > of course, soaking my head...... > Best, > Dave Freeman mjwy > > ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
