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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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Zagami
Zagami is a Martian basaltic shergottite meteorite that fell near Zagami, Nigeria, in 1962. The recovered stone weighed about 18 kilograms, making it one of the largest individual Martian meteorites known. Its igneous minerals and trapped gases have been studied as evidence of volcanic processes and atmospheric conditions on Mars, so it serves as an important reference sample for planetary scienti...
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