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The Martian meteorite NWA 7034 (nicknamed "Black Beauty"), found in the Sahara desert during 2011, has ten times the water content of other Mars meteorites found on Earth. [2] The meteorite contains components as old as 4.42 ± 0.07 Ga (billion years), [ 25 ] and was heated during the Amazonian geologic period on Mars.
Meteorite Found Mass (g) Notes Allan Hills 77005: 1977-12-29 482.5 First Antarctic find. Allan Hills 84001: 1984 1939.9 Orthopyroxenite, 4.091 billion years old, is believed to be the oldest Martian meteorite. Chassigny: 1815-10-03 4000 Mainly olivine with intercumulous pyroxene, feldspar, and oxides. Dar al Gani 476: 1996-2000 2015 Dar al Gani ...
Yamato 000593 (or Y000593) is the second largest meteorite from Mars found on Earth. [2] [5] [6] Studies suggest the Martian meteorite was formed about 1.3 billion years ago from a lava flow on Mars. [7] An impact occurred on Mars about 11 million years ago [7] and ejected the meteorite from the Martian surface into space.
Nakhla meteorite's two halves, showing its inner surfaces after being broken in 1998 Nakhlites are a group of Martian meteorites , named after the first one, Nakhla meteorite . Nakhlites are igneous rocks that are rich in augite and were formed from basaltic magma about 1.3 billion years ago.
Northwest Africa 7034 is a Martian meteorite. [4] It contains portions [5] estimated to be 4.43 billion years old and contains the most water of any Martian meteorite found on Earth. [6] Although it is from Mars it does not fit into any of the three SNC meteorite categories, and forms a new Martian meteorite group named "Martian (basaltic ...
Allan Hills 84001 (ALH84001 [1]) is a fragment of a Martian meteorite that was found in the Allan Hills in Antarctica on December 27, 1984, by a team of American meteorite hunters from the ANSMET project. Like other members of the shergottite–nakhlite–chassignite (SNC) group of meteorites, ALH84001 is thought to have originated on Mars ...
Chassigny is a Martian meteorite which fell on October 3, 1815, at approximately 8:00 am, in Chassigny, north-eastern France. [2] [3] Chassigny is the meteorite for which the chassignites are named and gives rise to the "C" in the name of the SNC group of meteorites. Chassigny is an olivine cumulate rock .
Zagami is the largest single Martian meteorite ever found, weighing about 18 kilograms (40 lb). [1] It landed 10 feet (3.0 m) from a farmer near Zagami, Nigeria, and became buried in a hole about 2 feet (0.61 m) deep.