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, sugg...
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(from the article `achondrite`) ...processes within asteroids. The majority of achondrites belong to one of the following groups: acapulcoites, angrites, aubrites, chassignites, ...
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One of the types of so-called SNC meteorites believed to have come from Mars (see Mars, meteorites from); nakhlites probably formed as lava flows with unusual compositions. They are named for the first member of the group to be found, which fell in pieces in El Nakhla, Egypt, in 1911; local legend h...
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