BOXED MARTIAN METEORITE SET - NWA 1068- ULTRA RARE!!!

The set contains  fragments weighing a total of 25  Milligrams
 boxed in a protective padded gem jar.

This is a super little boxed  set of fragments from the Martian Meteorite Fall - NWA 1068
What could be more exciting than owning a genuine pice of the Red Planet!
These may not be massive pieces of Martian rock. but I can guarantee they are genuine.
A unique and stunning artifact!

Bought from the Hupe Brothers in the USA, legendary planetary meteorite collectors and dealers. There is NO better pedigree!

NWA 1068, (Pseudonym: Louis Michel, named after a famous French political figure), is an exceedingly rare meteorite from the planet Mars found April of 2001 deep in the Sahara Desert near a village appropriately named Marir .  There are basically three main classifications of Martian meteorites and NWA 1068 falls into the Shergottite class named after Shergotty, India where the first of this type was witnessed as a fall.  We know this type of meteorite is from Mars due to the perfect ratio match between atmospheric measurements on the planet in 1976 by the Viking Lander and what was measured in the laboratory.  A very young crystallization age of 185 million years is also indicative of a geologically active planet sized body.  A total known weigh of only 577 grams is all that exists of this officially classified Martian meteorite, most of which is permanently secured in institutional collections . .