Lancé vs Chassigny
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Lancé
Lancé is a CO3 carbonaceous chondrite that fell in France in 1872. CO meteorites are characterized by abundant, generally small chondrules set within fine-grained material, and their type 3 classification indicates limited thermal equilibration compared with more metamorphosed chondrites. Lancé therefore provides researchers with comparatively primitive material for examining chondrule formation,...
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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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