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Murchison
After falling near Murchison in Victoria, Australia, in 1969, the Murchison meteorite became an important source of evidence about organic chemistry beyond Earth. It is a CM2 carbonaceous chondrite, a classification that places it among chemically primitive meteorites whose minerals also record alteration by water. Its abundant organic compounds include numerous amino acids, making it a significan...
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Ivuna
Ivuna is a CI1 carbonaceous chondrite that fell near Ivuna, Tanzania, in 1938. CI meteorites are rare, chemically primitive materials whose nonvolatile elemental abundances closely resemble those measured in the Sun, although their minerals have been extensively altered by water on their parent body. Ivuna is therefore studied for evidence about early solar-system chemistry, aqueous alteration, or...
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