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Planet Mars
Welcome to our collection of fantastic martian meteorites! Each stone is a remarkable piece of the red planet which made its way to Earth over millions of years
Date: 07/17/09
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Lafayette Meteorite - Original stone on display at the Smithsonian
One of the most famous and beautiful of the martian meteorites! - its flow lines are legendary - it was recovered by a student of Indiana's Purdue University - he gave it to Purdue after it fell near him while fishing
Date: 07/17/09
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Lafayette fragment - 20.1 grams
Collector Jim Schwade obtained this fragment of Lafayette from the Flight Museum of Natural History in Chicago
Date: 07/17/09
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Lafayette Specimen Card
This is a copy of the specimen card of what was the largest single fragment held by collectors other than the original stone which is currently held by the Smithsonian
Date: 01/01/00
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Featured: Lafayette - .020 grams Approved
We are very lucky to have this significant and detailed fragment in our collection - it came from the 20.1 gram Jim Schwade fragment pictured above
Date: 07/17/09
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Featured: Lafayette - .020 grams
Our Lafayette specimen is classified as a martian meteorite belonging to the nakhlite type
Date: 07/17/09
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Mars Spirit Rover
NASA's twin robot geologists - the Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity - launched toward Mars on June 10 and July 7, 2003
Date: 05/23/09
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Featured: NWA 2975 - Possible Pairing - Martian - .248 grams
Our newly found crusted sample was recovered in the same large strewnfield area as NWA 2975
Date: 05/23/09
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Featured: NWA 2975 - Possible Pairing - Martian - .248 grams
A look at the back side of this amazing little sample of the Martian planet
Date: 05/23/09
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Chassigny in the Natural History Museum in Vienna
Chassigny feel in 1815 - and it has been estimated that the meteorite originally weighed about 4,000 grams - however only about 570 grams are preserved today - the little crumbs seen in the picture sometimes make it to collectors!
Date: 05/16/10
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Chassigny - Martian - fragment Approved
This is our first little crumb that we were able to obtain from a trusted dealer!
Date: 05/16/10
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Chassigny - Martian - fragment
Chassigny is distinctly different from the other SNC's - so it has been assigned its own signature subgroup - chassignite - in order to distinguish it from the Martian shergottites and nakhilites
Date: 05/16/10
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Dar al Gani 476 - Original Stone in-situ
This brownish stone weighing 2,015 grams was found in the Sahara in 1998
Date: 05/26/09
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Dar al Gani 476 - Martian - .100 grams Approved
The meteorite is classified as a Martian basaltic shergottite and it is paired with at least four other separate masses - DaG 489, DaG 670, DaG 735, and DaG 876
Date: 04/28/09
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Dar al Gani 476 - Martian - .100 grams
This stone was the first Martian meteorite recovered from a desert environment - the Libyan Sahara desert
Date: 04/28/09
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Dar al Gani 735 - Original Stone in-situ
This 588 gram complete stone covered with desert varnish was also found in the Dar al Gani region of the Sahara in 1997
Date: 05/26/09
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Dar al Gani 735 - Martian - .042 grams Approved
This dark sample is also classified as a shergottite
Date: 05/26/09
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Dar al Gani 735 - Martian - .042 grams
A comparison with DaG 476 shows both stones to be similar and are probably paired - but DaG 735 does not contain terrestrial carbonate veins and appears less weathered
Date: 05/26/09
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Dean Bessey
He has been one of the largest suppliers of meteorites from Sahara Desert nomads - he also has sold very small micro fragments of Martian meteorites - photo courtesy Peter Marmet
Date: 09/19/09
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Dean Bessey Label
Dean Bessey sold a crushed piece of Dar al Gani 489 in the form of micro specimens - "Bessey Specs" - this gave many collectors at that time a chance to obtain a small planetary meteorite sample for their own collection
Date: 01/01/00
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Dar al Gani 489 - Micro Approved
This is our own "Bessey Spec" of Dar al Gani 489 - it has been classified as a Martian (shergottite)
Date: 09/19/09
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