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Black Glass in New Martian Meteorite (9 of 12)

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Black Glass in New Martian Meteorite (9 of 12)

image: This is the tissint meteorite fall location in the south of Morocco, near the Al Aglaâb mountains. Many people went searching pieces of the meteorite even though the area is desert and far from any town of village. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the October 11, 2012, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The paper, by Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane at Hassan II University Casablanca in Casablanca, Morocco, and colleagues was titled, “Tissint Martian Meteorite: A Fresh Look at the Interior, Surface and Atmosphere of Mars.” view more 

Credit: [Image courtesy of Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane]


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