Astronomy & Meteorites:  Mars

Martian/Lunar Sawcut Dust
	Martian and Lunar sawcut dust, carefully collected at the end of cutting Martian and lunar meteorites. Several available, email for combination in rikers. Available Dag 400, Dag 476 or NWA 482, NWA 1195. Please specify when ordering. MMBRJ, pair in one riker, $120

M) Dar al Gani 476: Martian Basalt (Sherogottite) found in Libya in 1998.

Dar al Gani 489 
Zagami 

SNC meteorites are pieces of Mars which were blown off the planet as a result of a large asteroid impact. When the Viking Probe landed on Mars and tested material on the surface, it verified this information. All of the SNCs are very rare and have always been VERY expensive. SNC: "Three types of achondrites are grouped together under the classification SNC. Each letter signifies the type of meteorite. The S stands for Shergottite, the name given the type of meteorite that fell in 1865 in the Indian State of Bihar, near the town of Shergotty. There are five known Shergottites. The N stands for Nakhlites, named for an achondrite that fell in Nakhla (near Alexandria), Egypt, in 1911. There are only 3 Nakhlites known. The C stands for a 
meteorite that fell in Chassigny, France, in 1815, called a Chassignite." 

Note: "If these rocks came from Mars, they would have carried traces of the Martian atmosphere. The noble gases Argon, Krypton, Xenon, and Neon have been detected in the Shergottites at levels that closely match the relative abundances in the Martian atmosphere, as found by the Viking Landers." SNC, Achondrite, Ca-rich Eucrite (Shergotite)Fell Oct. 3, 1962, Katsina Province, Nigeria,in a field near Zagami Rock. A single meteorite weighing 40 pounds was recovered and taken to a museum in the provincial capital of Kaduna and put on display. That meteorite was later cut and part of it came to the United States where it became available on the open market.