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Bustee
Bustee is an aubrite meteorite that fell in northern India in 1852. Aubrites are rare, highly reduced achondrites composed predominantly of enstatite, with mineral chemistry indicating formation under conditions containing very little oxygen. As a documented nineteenth-century fall, Bustee provides researchers with material for investigating enstatite-rich parent bodies and the early differentiati...
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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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