[meteorite-list] Agglutinated Foraminifera Had a Taste forExtraterrestrial Nanodiamonds

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 01:44:24 -0500
Message-ID: <8FE7D77DBC98457DB0607FCA70077C7E_at_ATARIENGINE2>

It's like the song says:
"Diamonds are a foraminifera's best friend."

Sterling K. Webb
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>
> Sea creatures had a thing for bling. by Lewis Dartnell
> http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/department/news/2008/may_kaminski.html
>
> Article at:
>
> http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19826553.500-sea-creatures-had-a-thing-for-bling.html%22
>
> ?Even more surprising were microscopic granules of carbon,
> no more than 10 micrometres across, which were subsequently
> identified as diamonds. "The foraminifera were deliberately
> using extraterrestrial diamonds in their shells," says
> Kaminski.?
>
> The paper is;
>
> Kaminski, M.A. and Armitage, D.A. and Coccioni, R. (2008)
> Shocked diamonds in agglutinated foraminifera from the
> Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary, Italy - a preliminary report.
> In: Kaminski, M. A. and Coccioni, R., (eds.) Proceedings of
> the Seventh International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera.
> Grzybowski Foundation Special Publications (13). The Grzybowski
> Foundation, London, UK, pp. 57-60. ISBN 9788392486930
>
> Abstract at
>
> http://eprints.ucl.ac.uk/6535/
>
> PDF file at:
>
> http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/people/m-kaminski/reprints-pdfs/KAJC08.pdf
>
> Yours,
>
> Paul H.
>
>
>
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