Official Martian meteorite, NWA 4880 - Lot 352

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Official Martian meteorite, NWA 4880 - Lot 352
Official Martian meteorite, NWA 4880 Current mass 27.44 g. This meteorite has a fresh and bright fusion crust with orientation marks, signs of its entry into our atmosphere. It was following a very large impact on Mars that a Martian rock was ejected to fall on our planet after a very long 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.
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