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The study of organic matter on prebiotic Earth has primarily focused on atmospheric reactions, while the potential contributions from mineral interactions have been less explored. This research demonstrates that impact fractures in olivine can release a diverse array of organic molecules, suggesting that significant amounts of organic compounds could have been generated from minerals on early Earth, potentially contributing to the origins of life.

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1. NASA Ames Research Center, 94035, Moffett Field, CA
   Friedemann Freund
2. Dept. of Physics, Washington State University, 99164, Pullman, WA
   J. Thomas Dickinson
3. Molecular Physics Lab., SRI International, 94025, Menlo Park, CA
   Sherwood Chang

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1. Friedemann Freund
2. J. Thomas Dickinson
3. Sherwood Chang

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Freund, F., Dickinson, J.T. & Chang, S. Organic molecules released from olivine by impact fracture.Origins Life Evol Biosphere 16, 291–292 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02422032

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• Issue date: September 1986
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02422032

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