Meteorite from Mars in the palm of your hand
Official Martian meteorite, NWA 4880, with a fresh, shiny fusion crust and orientation marks, signs of its entry into our atmosphere. It is following a very large impact on Mars that a Martian rock was ejected to fall on our planet after a very log stay of several million years in Space. This Martian rock that fell in the Sahara Desert was identified and analyzed, and then officially declared as a Martian meteorite under the name North West Africa 4880. Provenance, Bonhams sale, New York, April 30, 2008, lot no. 9058. Current mass 27.44 g
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