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Subject: Martian meteorite

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Blobrana

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Date Posted: 14:06:38 01/21/04 Wed

A 1.3 million years old rock found in the Atlas Mountains of southern Morocco in 2001 has been confirmed as Martian in origin.
The meteorite's chemical signature was checked out by researchers at the UK's Southampton Oceanography Centre. It is a peridotite, an extremely rare type of Mars rock consisting of the minerals olivine, pyroxene and plagioclase glass.
The team that found it was led by experienced meteorite hunters Carine Bidaut and Bruno Fectay, who have now found six rocks from Mars - a record.
The meteorite would have been blasted off the Red Planet by an impact and may hold clues to Mars' watery past.

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