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It appears unlikely that the organic material detected in the meteorite that fell in Mexico last year can have been introduced by contamination.
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LEVY, R., WOLF, C., GRAYSON, M. et al. Organic Analysis of the Pueblito de Allende Meteorite. Nature 227, 148–150 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/227148a0
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