Dear Ron, and List, It should be noted that this is a VERY special find - the first non-Antarctic Martian lherzolite/peridotite! That's the problem with the term "shergottite" - we mostly think of basalts when we hear it. But a lherzolite has not much in common with a basalt, and if we compare the different Martian rocks to each other, this new one is much more close to Chassigny than to Shergotty.
Have a look at my updated list of Martian Meteorites if you want to see a picture of a small sample of NWA 1950. http://www.timewarp.de/martian/snc.htm Congratulations and BIG THANKS to Bruno & Carine! Did you know that Bruno Fectay & Carine Bidaut did actually recover six (!) of the 29 known Martian meteorites? NWA 480 ("Theodore Monod"); NWA 817 (the first NWA nakhlite); NWA 856 ("Djel Ibone"); NWA 1068 (the "picritic" or "olivine-phyric" shergottite); NWA 1669 ("Al Mala'ika" or "The Angels"); and now NWA 1950, the first non- Antarctic lherzolite/peridotite! Bruno & Carine - you really rock! Keep up your fantastic work!!! All the best, Norbert > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > New Mars Meteorite Found In Morocco (NWA 1950) > > Below an excerpt from Meteoritical Bulletin 88-2 that announces the > discovery of a new Mars meteorite found in Morocco, NWA 1950. > This increases the number of Mars meteorites to 29. > > http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/snc > > Ron Baalke > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
