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

[Sterling K. Webb]

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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