nakhlite
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thumb|150px|Nakhla meteorite's two halves, showing its inner surfaces after being broken in 1998 Nakhlites are a group of Martian meteorites, named after the first one, Nakhla meteorite.
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- Subclass of
- Martian meteorite
- Named after
- Nakhla meteorite
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- Possible source crater in Elysium
- Samples
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thumb|150px|Nakhla meteorite's two halves, showing its inner surfaces after being broken in 1998 Nakhlites 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. They contain augite and olivine crystals. Their crystallization ages, compared to a crater count chronology of different regions on Mars, suggest the nakhlites formed on the large volcanic construct of either Tharsis, Elysium, or Syrtis Major Planum.
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