This Rosy Stone Spotted in the Sahara Turned Out to Be a 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite From Mars, One of the Oldest Ever Found

Scientists identified the rosy stone Teghaza 001, discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2022, as a Martian meteorite about two pounds in weight and dated to at least 4.1 billion years old, making it one of the oldest known samples from Mars and offering clues about the planet’s early watery environment.

Source: This Rosy Stone Spotted in the Sahara Turned Out to Be a 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite From Mars, One of the Oldest Ever Found — Smithsonian Magazine

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