Re: Organic carbon detected in Bright Angel rock formation on Mars

On 6/25/26 13:13, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "a425couple"  wrote in message news:XR9%[email protected]...
> 
> from
> https://phys.org/news/2026-06-carbon-bright-angel-formation-mars.html
> 
> Organic carbon detected in Bright Angel rock formation on Mars
> by Planetary Science Institute...
> 
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> 
> "Organic" as used here is misleading, 

Thank you.

> a remnant of the old disproven 
> belief that only life could create carbon chemistry. It now refers to 
> carbon compounds in general regardless of their source. For example 
> acetylene is considered organic although it's made from rocks and water.
> https://byjus.com/chemistry/acetylene-formula-questions/

Thank you.  I thought they were really saying something.

DUH!  Carbon is right there on the 2nd row of the
Periodic Table, as #6.

> Chemistry evolved from mysticism and misconception into a science in the 
> first half of the 1800's, but some of the old ideas and names have 
> persisted in popular culture.
> 
Thank you for the additional posts as well.