 Northwest
Africa 4783
Algeria
Found May 2007
Achondrite (basaltic shergottite (Martian meteorite))
Declaration pending
Mass
(g): 120
Pieces: >25
Info: Classified: Albert Jambon, UPVI.
Paired
with the NWA 2975 & NWA 2986.
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Recommended
classes in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
are assigned by the database editor. © The
Meteoritical Society
The
recommended classification Martian
(shergottite) means:
" An martian meteorite belonging
the shergottite type."
The highlighted words are defined as follows:
Martian meteorite: Martian
meteorites are martian rocks that were ejected from Mars by impacts and
later fell to the Earth as meteorites. Three well-known types are shergottites
(basaltic to lherzolitic igneous rocks, named after the Shergotty, India,
fall of 1865), nakhlites (clinopyroxenites or wehrlites, formed as cumulate
rocks, and named after the Nakhla, Egypt, fall of 1911), and chassignites
(dunitic cumulate rocks named after the Chassigny, France, fall of 1815). |
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