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Irving at the University of Washington
a village in the Beheira Governorate in Northern Egypt where they were first discovered
The weight of this piece is 49 grams
Most of the meteorite has weathered away leaving behind these large metal nodules
It has been expertly cut and polished on one side
Crusted Martian Nakhlite Meteorite paired with NWA 10645 - 8.10g Irons Irving at the University ofNakhlites are a group of Martian meteorites, named after the first one, Nakhla meteorite. Nakhlites are igneous rocks that are rich in augite and were formed from basaltic magma about 1. 3 billion years ago on Mars. The nakhlite meteorites, named after El Nakhla, a village in the Beheira Governorate in Northern Egypt where they were first discovered, contains evidence of water activity on Mars that occurred millions of years ago. They contain augite
