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The Polonnaruwa meteorite: oxygen isotope, crystalline and biological composition

Jamie Wallis, Nori Miyake, Richard B. Hoover, Andrew Oldroyd, Daryl H. Wallis, Anil Samaranayake, K. Wickramarathne, M. K. Wallis, Carl H. Gibson, N. C. Wickramasinghe

Abstract

Results of X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) analysis, Triple Oxygen Isotope analysis and Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) studies are presented for stone fragments recovered from the North Central Province of Sri Lanka following a witnessed fireball event on 29 December 2012. The existence of numerous nitrogen depleted highly carbonaceous fossilized biological structures fused into the rock matrix is inconsistent with recent terrestrial contamination. Oxygen isotope results compare well with those of CI and CI-like chondrites but are inconsistent with the fulgurite hypothesis.

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7 pages, 7 figures, 4 tables
Journal reference
Journal of Cosmology, Volume 22, No.2. March 2013
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q-bio.OTOther Quantitative Biology

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  1. Astrobiologists Find Ancient Fossils in Meteorite Fragments 2 comments

    • > published in the Journal of Cosmology, a publication of questionable repute [2]. Well, at least their publications are not behind a paywall, free for download: http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.1845 so anyone can check the believability of this research themselves!

      tripzilchView on HNParent context

    • There are some serious problems with this claim: 1. "In total, Jamie Wallis at Cardiff University and a few buddies received 628 stone fragments collected from rice fields in the region. However, they were able to clearly identify only three as possible meteorites." In other…

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