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Chassigny
Chassigny is a Martian meteorite that fell near Chassigny, France, in 1815. It is composed predominantly of olivine-rich dunite and gives its name to the chassignites, a rare group within the SNC meteorites from Mars. Researchers study its minerals, isotopes, and trapped gases to investigate the Martian mantle, the crystallization of igneous rocks, and the geological history recorded by material e...
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QUE94201
QUE 94201 is a Martian meteorite recovered in Antarctica's Queen Alexandra Range during the 1994 field season. It is classified as a basaltic shergottite, a type of igneous rock ejected from Mars by an impact and later delivered to Earth. Laboratory studies have placed its crystallization at roughly 327 million years ago, making it a comparatively young Martian volcanic rock used by planetary scie...
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