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http://www.buckingham.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Polonnaruwa-meteorite.pdf
2 Weeks to ship the meteorite to UK, to make measurements, to analyze them, to write a paper, to get it accepted and to get it published? Sounds like a new world-record to me!
The EDX-spectra for the chemical content of the purported fossilized life-form and the surrounding area look practically the same.
They did not have the time to take a look for the chemical components with SIMS, XPS or UPS? ("Can't do measurements. Have to write a paper."
How about taking a look what those structures look like on the inside with TEM?
Did the Iridium-content of the meteorite resemble more of an interplanetary/interstellar body or was it more typical for the abundance on the surface of earth?
And their reasoning...
It's a fossil, therefore it can't be a contamination.
"At the time of entry into the Earth’s atmosphere on 29 December 2012, the parent body of the Polonnaruwa meteorite would have had most of its interior porous volume filled with water, volatile organics and possibly viable living cells."
Conclusion:
Might be. Might be not. Their measurements are insufficient and their conclusions contain too many speculations.
2 Weeks to ship the meteorite to UK, to make measurements, to analyze them, to write a paper, to get it accepted and to get it published? Sounds like a new world-record to me!
The EDX-spectra for the chemical content of the purported fossilized life-form and the surrounding area look practically the same.
They did not have the time to take a look for the chemical components with SIMS, XPS or UPS? ("Can't do measurements. Have to write a paper."
How about taking a look what those structures look like on the inside with TEM?
Did the Iridium-content of the meteorite resemble more of an interplanetary/interstellar body or was it more typical for the abundance on the surface of earth?
And their reasoning...
It's a fossil, therefore it can't be a contamination.
"At the time of entry into the Earth’s atmosphere on 29 December 2012, the parent body of the Polonnaruwa meteorite would have had most of its interior porous volume filled with water, volatile organics and possibly viable living cells."
Conclusion:
Might be. Might be not. Their measurements are insufficient and their conclusions contain too many speculations.
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