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Tharsis Region on Mars
The Tharsis region is the largest volcanic area and Mons Olympus is the largest volcano in our solar system! Scientists believe that Shergottite Martian meteorites came from this area - image courtesy Mineralium Deposita
Date: 04/18/09
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NWA 4857 - Martian - .030 grams
This meteorite is a Basaltic Shergottite considered to be from the Tharsis Region
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 920
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NWA 4857 - Martian - .030 grams
This rare meteorite also has very little weathering - making it one of the freshest martian samples!
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 932
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NWA 4880 - An Original Stone
Photo courtesy of the Hupé Collection - 34 small individuals were found in 2007 weighing 81.6 grams
Date: 02/01/10
Views: 957
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NWA 4880 - Martian - .160 grams Approved
Our small fragment has been classified as a Martian shergottite
Date: 01/07/10
Views: 978
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NWA 4880 - Martian - .160 grams
NWA 4808 was classified by A. Irving and S. Kuehner at the University of Washington - an important center for meteorite research
Date: 02/01/10
Views: 893
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Martian Horizon
The Martian horizon photographed by the Spirit rover
Date: 01/06/04
Views: 844
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NWA 4925 - Martian - .014 grams Approved
The cool thing about this meteorite is that it closely reflects the surface weathering and coloring on Mars!
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 895
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NWA 4925 - Martian - .014 grams
It is an olivine-phyric shergottite
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 955
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Spirit Rover Arm
The Spirit Rover examines a group of angular martian rocks
Date: 05/11/09
Views: 873
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NWA 4925 - Martian - .016 grams Approved
Another good look at the red color within a small fragment
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 941
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NWA 4925 - Martian - .016 grams
This is probably probably paired with the much smaller NWA 4527
Date: 01/01/00
Views: 885
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Cape Verde, Mars
Photo taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity - courtesy NASA/JPL/Cornell
Date: 05/31/09
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NWA 4930 - Martian - .232 grams Approved
A great crusted individual of this Martian shergottite - the TKW of NWA 4930 is 117.5 grams
Date: 05/31/09
Views: 964
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NWA 4930 - Martian - .232 grams
NWA 4930 has been paired with NWA 2975
Date: 05/31/09
Views: 868
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Martian Landscape
A nice bird's eye view courtesy of NASA
Date: 05/26/09
Views: 891
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NWA 5219 - Martian - .140 grams
Interior view - The stone which was the source of this sample is still being classified by Ted Bunch
Date: 05/26/09
Views: 913
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NWA 5219 - Martian - .140 grams
Outside crust of our sample - only 60 grams of this material is named NWA 5219
Date: 05/26/09
Views: 930
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Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
The Henry Crown Space Center at the museum is worth a visit!
Date: 05/31/09
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Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
The single main mass of the NWA 5313 meteorite is a part of the museum collection
Date: 05/31/09
Views: 850
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NWA 5313 - Martian - Fragment Approved
The individual meteorite stone only weighed 5.3 grams! We only have this small fragment for our collection - it is classified as a shergottite
Date: 05/31/09
Views: 980
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