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Ancient rock points to life's origin

Post by Alien_UK » 08-13-2004 02:58 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2098561.stm


Monday, 8 July, 2002, 09:19 GMT 10:19 UK
Ancient rock points to life's origin


Did anyone see this or am I the first (that would be a first)

“The continents were moving across the face of the Earth much sooner than had been thought, according to new evidence from China.
The new data come from a huge chunk of the rock that lay beneath the sea floor 2.5 billion years ago.
Tim Kusky, of St Louis University, US, says it is the first large intact piece of oceanic mantle ever found from our planet's earliest period, the Archean.
Located not far from the Great Wall of China, the ancient mantle rocks are preserved in a highly faulted belt 100 kilometres (62 miles) long.
It may also contain clues as to when life developed on Earth.”


Ok back in London for the weekend, had a great time in Poland, if you can call being the only one around that doesn’t speak Polish. (Kind of happy to be away felt like an alien) Bet you can’t guess where we are off to on Sunday?

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Ancient oil points to 'cradle of life'

Post by Alien_UK » 08-13-2004 04:07 PM

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" By BBC News Online science editor Dr David Whitehouse

Australian scientists have discovered the world's oldest oil in rocks that date back 3.2 billion years.

The find suggests that oil-forming micro-organisms were widespread very early in the Earth's history. "

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Sci/Tech Tiny mineral test-tubes: the cradle of life?

Post by Alien_UK » 08-13-2004 04:14 PM

The birthplace for life on Earth

"The birthplace for life on Earth may have been labyrinthine networks of tubes on the surface of rocks.

In these natural test tubes, the complex molecules needed for life could have evolved in safety, taking its building blocks from the water washing over the rock and from the minerals within. "

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Post by Panache » 08-13-2004 04:15 PM

I hope you discover new and greater joys in your new destination this weekend. France, maybe?
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Post by Alien_UK » 08-13-2004 04:30 PM

ThankYe old master of the intellectuals Panache:) France no but warm.

A clue: going to spend a week with a friend that smokes alot of the green stuff

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Re: Ancient rock points to life's origin

Post by pyrite » 08-17-2004 11:53 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Alien_UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2098561.stm


Monday, 8 July, 2002, 09:19 GMT 10:19 UK
Ancient rock points to life's origin


Did anyone see this or am I the first (that would be a first)

“The continents were moving across the face of the Earth much sooner than had been thought, according to new evidence from China.
The new data come from a huge chunk of the rock that lay beneath the sea floor 2.5 billion years ago. "........


this is off topic but from the same time period, have you ever heard of these before?

"2.8 Billion" Year Old Sphere's

Over the past several decades, South African miners have found hundreds of metallic spheres, at least one of which has three parallel grooves running around its equator.

The spheres are of two types--"one of solid bluish metal with white flecks, and another which is a hollow ball filled with a white spongy center" (Jimison 1982).

Roelf Marx, curator of the museum of Klerksdorp, South Africa, where some of the spheres are housed, said: "The spheres are a complete mystery. They look man-made, yet at the time in Earth's history when they came to rest in this rock no intelligent life existed. They're nothing like I have ever seen before" (Jimison 1982).

We wrote to Roelf Marx for further information about the spheres. He replied in a letter dated September 12, 1984: "There is nothing scientific published about the globes, but the facts are: They are found in pyrophyllite, which is mined near the little town of Ottosdal in the Western Transvaal. This pyrophyllite (Al2Si4O10(OH)2) is a quite soft secondary mineral with a count of only 3 on the Mohs' scale and was formed by sedimentation about 2.8 billion years ago. On the other hand the globes, which have a fibrous structure on the inside with a shell around it, are very hard and cannot be scratched, even by steel." The Mohs' scale of hardness is named after Friedrich Mohs, who chose ten minerals as references points for comparative hardness, with talc the softest and diamond the hardest ...Forbidden Archaeology

Mystery Spheres Stump California Space Institute?

Stones, which are found in rock scientists say are billions of years old- and which rotate on their axes, captured the attention of Mr. John Hund of Pietersburg fifteen years ago....

While playing with the stone on a very flat surface at a restaurant one day, Hund realized it was very well balanced. He took it to the California Space Institute at the University of California to have tests done to determine just how well balanced it was. "It turned out that the balance is so fine, it exceeded the limit of their measuring technology and these are the guys who make gyrocompasses for NASA.

The stone is balanced to within one-hundred thousandths of an inch from absolute perfection," explains Hund. Nobody knows what these stones are.

One NASA scientist reportedly told Hund that they do not have the technology to create anything as finely balanced as this. He said the only way that either nature or human technology could create something so finely balanced would be in zero gravity.

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