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Shergotty   contributed by John Divelbiss   MetBul Link

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Approximately 40 x 100 mm.   Martian (shergottite)

TKW 5 kg. Observed fall 25 August 1865, Bihar, India.
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
 


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John Divelbiss
 7/31/2022 4:01:33 PM		 The picture shown above on the main MPOD for today is very close to the actual size of the specimen.
Bernd Pauli
 7/31/2022 11:52:31 AM		 The shergottites are heavily shocked. Plagioclase has been converted to maskelynite and the pyroxenes display shock lamellae, implying shock pressures of 300-450 kbars (Melosh, 1988).
 

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