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Dar al Gani 489 - Original Stone
This dark brown stone was found in 1997 in Dar al Gani - it weighed 2,146 grams - Photo courtesy Matteo Chinellato
Date: 09/19/2009
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Dar al Gani 489 - .170 grams Approved
A much larger piece that we obtained recently - this shows much more detail than our original "Bessey spec" of this stone
Date: 09/19/2009
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Dar al Gani 489 - .170 grams
A great look at the opposite side of this classic Martian rock
Date: 09/19/2009
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Earth to Mars Comparison
Courtesy University of Washington and NASA
Date: 10/03/2009
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Dar al Gani 670 - Martian - .027 grams Approved
Our fragment has been classified as a Martian (shergottite)
Date: 10/03/2009
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Dar al Gani 670 - Martian - .027 grams
The original meteorite was a dark-brown stone - broken into three adjoining pieces - with a total mass of 1619 grams
Date: 10/03/2009
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Dhofar 019 - Original Stone
This brownish gray stone weighing 1,056 grams was found in the desert of Oman in 2000
Date: 05/15/2009
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Dhofar 019 - Martian - .422 grams Approved
Our sample slice of the stone is classified as a Martian shergottite
Date: 05/15/2009
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Dhofar 019 - Martian - .422 grams
This sample has smectite–calcite–gypsum "orangettes" which are similar to those in the Allan Hills 84001 Antarctica meteorite
Date: 01/01/2000
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Martian Crater
This crater on northern Elysium Planitia is a little more than twice the diameter of the famous Meteor Crater in Arizona - It formed by the impact and subsequent explosion of a meteorite - Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
Date: 01/20/2010
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Dhofar 019 - Martian - .332 grams Approved
Another nice part sliced fragment of the Dhofar 019 stone
Date: 01/20/2010
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Dhofar 019 - Martian - .332 grams
The characteristic coloring of a martian meteorite is very visible on this specimen
Date: 01/20/2010
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Los Angeles - Original Stone 001
Two stones - weighing 452.6 and 245.4 grams - were identified by Bob Verish while he was cleaning out a box of rocks that was part of his 20 year old Mojave Desert rock collection!
Date: 05/17/2009
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Los Angeles - Original Stone 002
The two photos are © 2000 Ron Baalke of NASA's JPL and were taken when he first examined the two stones
Date: 05/17/2009
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Los Angeles 001 - Martian - Fragments Approved
Our four small pieces are classified as basaltic shergottites
Date: 05/17/2009
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Rob Elliott
Rob lives in Glenrothes, Fife in the United Kingdom and is one of the most well known collector-dealer-hunters of meteorites - his trade business is named Fernlea
Date: 09/19/2009
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Rob Elliott Label
Rob sold "specs" of Los Angeles 001 (similar to "Bessey Specs") - we obtained one of these fragments and it came with this signed COA from Rob
Date: 09/19/2009
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Los Angeles 001 - Micro Approved
Our small fragment of Los Angeles 001 from Rob Elliott shows some details and various colors!
Date: 09/19/2009
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Nakhla - Original Stone from NHM London
The Nakhla meteorite fell as a shower of stones in Egypt in 1911 - the designation SNC means "Sherogtty, Nakhla, and Chassigny" group of meteorites from Mars
Date: 05/23/2009
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Nakhla - Martian - Fragment Approved
Our tiny Nakhla fragment has a carbon-rich substance filling the tiny cracks within the meteorite - scientists are studing the carbon to determine if life once existed on the Red Planet
Date: 05/23/2009
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Nakhla - Martian - Fragment
About 10 kilograms of this meteorite was recovered - we clearly need to get a bigger sample!
Date: 01/01/2000
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