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Wretch Fossil 07-11-2009 10:17 AM

Mars meteorite contains numerous plant cells
 
Mars meteorite contains numerous plant cells

Figure 1 below is labelled for a fossilized plant’s sieve tubes found
in a meteorite originating from Mars. The figure is imaged by Mr. Tom
Phillips, an expert in micrographs of Martain meteorites. Sieve tubes
are usually found in the phloem in the vascular bundle of a plant’s
stem/roots.
Figure 1: http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?...1691275561&p=0

Photo source and credit for Figure 1: http://www.meteorite.com/meteorite-gallery/screensaver/

Figures of Earthly sieve tubes:
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/ecle...ilphium-1.html

http://www.abe.ufl.edu/~owens/age206...AT.html#Phloem










RV 13-11-2009 01:33 AM

Mars meteorite contains numerous plant cells
 
Someone needs to take an Optical Mineralogy class.


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