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Padvarninkai

Padvarninkai fell February 9, 1929, in Adroniski, Lithuania.  Close to 4 kg of material were recovered days after the witnessed fall, and the meteorite was originally classified as a Martian shergottite due to its maskelynite content.  This classification was updated, however, upon further analysis, and Padvarninkai is now classified as a monomict eucrite, part of […]

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ASU donor and Center for Meteorite Studies featured in Science Magazine article on the Black Beauty Martian meteorite!

A recent article published in Science features the Martian meteorite NWA 7034 (aka Black Beauty), and details its discovery and distribution among collections. This meteorite is a polymict breccia containing a diverse assemblage of igneous and “sedimentary” materials. It was most likely produced by impact, but also involved volcanic and low-temperature alteration processes. The bulk […]

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