Found: Martian Organic Molecules in Neurons & RBC's?

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Nov 24, 2012, 8:11:43 AM11/24/12
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Dr. John Grotzinger, chief investigator for NASA’s Mars rover
Curiosity, said "This data is gonna be one for the history books. It's
looking really good." (Note 1). Dr. Grotzinger also said the data was
obtained from the soil sample which Curiosity’s X-Ray Diffraction
instrument (CheMin) found “amorphous” (Note 2). The “amorphous“
material mostly contains remains of Martian neurons and red blood
cells:

http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556535839&p=243

http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556535840&p=244

The following figure shows “amorphous” neuron remains found in
andesite:
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556535841&p=245

Sources of above images: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1385

http://geology.indiana.edu/mineralogy/chemin.html (See Figure 4)

Note 1: NPR Interview with Dr. Grotzinger
http://www.npr.org/2012/11/20/165513016/big-news-from-mars-rover-scientists-mum-for-now

Note 2: Space.com interview with Dr. Grotzinger
http://www.space.com/18599-what-did-curiosity-find-on-mars-video.html

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Nov 24, 2012, 11:17:16 PM11/24/12
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On Nov 24, 9:11 pm, Wretch Fossil <wretchfos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dr. John Grotzinger, chief investigator for NASA’s Mars rover
> Curiosity, said "This data is gonna be one for the history books. It's
> looking really good." (Note 1). Dr. Grotzinger also said the data was
> obtained from the soil sample which Curiosity’s X-Ray Diffraction
> instrument (CheMin) found “amorphous” (Note 2). The “amorphous“
> material mostly contains remains of Martian neurons and red blood
> cells:
>
> http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556535839&p=243
>
> http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556535840&p=244
>
> The following figure shows “amorphous” neuron remains found in
> andesite:http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556535841&p=245
>
> Sources of above images:http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowN...
>
> http://geology.indiana.edu/mineralogy/chemin.html(See Figure 4)
>
> Note 1: NPR Interview with Dr. Grotzingerhttp://www.npr.org/2012/11/20/165513016/big-news-from-mars-rover-scie...
>
> Note 2: Space.com interview with Dr. Grotzingerhttp://www.space.com/18599-what-did-curiosity-find-on-mars-video.html
>
> Read more athttp://wretchfossil.blogspot.tw/

Added on Nov. 25: Reasons for above post

The following three figures show the reasons for the above post:
Fig. 1: shows the exact particles that were later put into SAM
instrument, are mostly remains of blood vessels and red blood cells
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556535842&p=246

Fig. 2: X-ray diffraction image shows both minerals and
microsturctures in fossilized whale spleen
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556535844&p=247

Fig. 3: shows amorphous glass contains biotic branches
http://www.wretch.cc/album/show.php?i=lin440315&b=20&f=1556535845&p=248

Sources of above images:
http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/raw/?rawid=0093MH0086001000C0_DXXX&s=93

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/blog/archives/date/2010/03

http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~oesis/micro/#igneous
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