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Veramin
Veramin is a mesosiderite meteorite, a class of stony-iron meteorite composed of a brecciated mixture of silicate minerals and metallic iron-nickel. It was recovered near the city of Veramin in Iran and is one of the more substantial mesosiderite specimens known to science. The metal portions exhibit a well-developed Widmanstätten pattern when etched, while the silicate component includes pyroxene...
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Lafayette
Lafayette is a nakhlite, a type of igneous meteorite identified as originating on Mars. It was recognized in the collection of Purdue University in Indiana by 1931, although the circumstances and date of its arrival on Earth remain uncertain. Studies of alteration minerals within it, including clay and carbonate phases, have provided evidence that its Martian parent rock interacted with liquid wat...
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