rockpassion
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Mars meteorite? Ex museum collection
mars meteorite? Ex collection
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Unfortunately, there's no way of telling from just looking at a picture. Martian meteorites usually have mineralogies which are similar to terrestrial rocks and it takes expert testing to differentiate them from terrestrial material.
Might I ask which museum and what documentation came with it? There are many smaller museums with no experience in meteoritics which don't have the required competence to perform the necessary tests.
If it has been confirmed as Martian by a laboratory with that competence, and it's from a museum collection, I would expect it to have an approved name from MetSoc and a write-up in the bulletin giving the detailed typology and analysis. Unless it's from a very recent fall/discovery but then, at minimum, I would expect a provisional name awaiting typology confirmation.
Might I ask which museum and what documentation came with it? There are many smaller museums with no experience in meteoritics which don't have the required competence to perform the necessary tests.
If it has been confirmed as Martian by a laboratory with that competence, and it's from a museum collection, I would expect it to have an approved name from MetSoc and a write-up in the bulletin giving the detailed typology and analysis. Unless it's from a very recent fall/discovery but then, at minimum, I would expect a provisional name awaiting typology confirmation.
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