Mike: Murchison, small fragments, how much do you need? I'll donate them for your son's project.
Russ K., NEMS At 02:05 PM 02/16/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Hello All, > >Once again my budding scientist son has decided to work with meteorites in >his science fair. I am thrilled at this but I may have to donate a 1.2 gram >sample of Murchison. > >He decided to study the effect of phosphate levels on the growth of algae >and was about to start when the latest issue of meteorite arrived. In it is >a wonderful article "Meteorites, and the Origins and Future of Life." In >the article the author describes tests where algae and plants are grown >using meteorite based soil samples. I showed this to Alex and he instantly >thought of doing such an experiment for his science fair project since he >already has the algae culture started. > >Can anyone supply the chemical composition of Murchison? Paicularily >nutrient levels (phosphates etc.) > >Can anyone supply other information regarding meteorites and the supporting >of tertestrial life? > >And,... does anyone have about a gram of crumbs they are willing to sell? I >really want to keep my slice and would rather buy some smaller fragments to >smash up and use. > >Thanks, > >Mike Tettenborn >Owen Sound, Ontario > > > >______________________________________________ >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
