Waspie_Dwarf Posted November 26, 2013 #1 Share Posted November 26, 2013 From Mercury to Morocco, and onward to Yale: a meteorite’s tale Talk about a precious stone — the largest piece of the only known meteorite from the planet Mercury has found its way to Yale, where it is now on display at the Peabody Museum of Natural History.Known as NWA 7325, the fist-size, greenish space rock is a rarity among rarities: there just aren’t many verified planetary meteorites. Scientists know of about 70 from Mars and, until now, none from any of the other planets in Earth’s solar system. There are about 180 known meteorites from the moon. NWA 7325 is the first believed to be from Mercury. Read more... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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