Paper: Athens Messenger City: Athens, Ohio Date: Thursday, June 12, 1890 Page: 6 (of 8)
ORGANIC MATTER FROM SPACE. - Chemists report the recent analysis of two remarkable meteorites. One, which fell in June at Migheni, Russia, contains about 5 per cent. of organic matter in the shape of a yellow substance closely resembling resin, and also has about 2 per cent. of what is apparently a metallic salt of a new element. The other meteorite fell at Carcote, Chili, and contains not only carbon in organic substances soluble in ether, but also an elementary crystalline form of carbon - dull black and very hard - which is, in fact, a variety of black diamond. The rapidly lengthening list of meteorites of this class raises the interesting question whether the organic matter really indicates the previous existence of some form of life in these celestial visitors, or whether under certain conditions, such as may exist in the earth’s interior, carbon and hydrogen may unite, without the presence of any living organism, to form organic substances.
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