Secondary Minerals in the Nakhlite Meteorite Yamato 000593: Distinguishing Martian from Terrestrial Alteration Products
The nakhlites are olivine-bearing clinopyroxenites that formed in a Martian lava flow or shallow intrusion 1.3 Ga ago [1, 2]. They are scientifically extremely valuable because they interacted with water-bearing fluids on Mars [3]. Fluid-rock interactions led to the precipitation of secondary minera...
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Online Access: | http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/102426/ http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/102426/1/102426.pdf |