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Shergotty
Shergotty is a basaltic Martian meteorite that fell near Sherghati, in present-day Bihar, India, in 1865. Its mineral composition, trapped gases, and other chemical evidence connect it to rocks ejected from Mars by an impact. The specimen gives its name to shergottites, the largest major group within the SNC Martian meteorites, and serves as an important reference for studying volcanic processes o...
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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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