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Patwar
Patwar is an official meteorite name for a witnessed stony-iron meteorite that fell in 1935 in what is now Bangladesh. The Meteoritical Bulletin Database classifies it as Mesosiderite-A1 and records a total mass of 37.35 kilograms; five masses were recovered after the fall. Mesosiderites are brecciated mixtures of metallic iron-nickel and silicate rock, so Patwar is studied as a meteorite that com...
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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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