I would have to say now: ALH84001 is the most valuable, rare and important meteorite on earth.
Greg S. ---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:20:35 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [meteorite-list] 13 years later - Martian meteorite surrenders new > secrets > > 13 years later - > > Martian meteorite surrenders new secrets of possible life > > BY CRAIG COVAULT > SPACEFLIGHT NOW > Posted: November 24, 2009 > > Compelling new data that chemical and fossil evidence of ancient microbial > life on Mars was carried to Earth in a Martian meteorite is being elevated to > a higher plane by the same NASA team which made the initial discovery 13 > years ago. > > Sources tell Spaceflight Now that the new data are providing a powerful new > case for the Allen Hills Meteorite to have carried strong evidence of Martian > life to Earth -- evidence that is increasingly standing up to scrutiny as new > analytical tools are used to examine the specimen. > > The latest findings are the product of new research using more advanced High > Resolution Electron Microscopy than was in existence when the initial > findings were made and announced by NASA and the White House in 1996. > > Those laboratory sensors are being focused directly on carbonate discs and > associated tiny magnetite crystals present inside the meteorite Allen Hills > ALH 84001. > > More at: > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/ ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
