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Science 21 October 1966:
Vol. 154. no. 3747, pp. 377 - 380
DOI: 10.1126/science.154.3747.377
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Meteorites: Optical Activity in Organic Matter

W. G. Meinschein 1, Clifford Frondel 2, Peter Laur 3, and Kurt Mislow 3

1 Department of Geology, Indiana University, Bloonmingtoni
2 Departmenetit of Geological Sciences, Harvard University, Camiibridge, Massachusetts
3 Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Printceton, New Jersey

A low- amplitude, positive, Cotton effect, centered at about 340 millimicrons, has been observed in organic extracts of samples from ordinary (noncarbonaceous) chondrites. Ancillary evidence renders it likely that this optical activity derived from contamination by biologic materials on Earth.


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