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Lauren M White1, Everett K Gibson, Kathie L Thomas-Keprta
11 Jet Propulsion Laboratory , California Institute of Technology, Earth, Astronomy & Physics Mission Formulation, Pasadena, California.
Abstract:
We report the first observation of indigenous carbonaceous matter in the martian meteorite Yamato 000593. The carbonaceous phases are heterogeneously distributed within secondary iddingsite alteration veins and present in a range of morphologies including areas composed of carbon-rich spheroidal assemblages encased in multiple layers of iddingsite. We also observed microtubular features emanating from iddingsite veins penetrating into the host olivine comparable in shape to those interpreted to have formed by bioerosion in terrestrial basalts.
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