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Samples and thin sections of the meteorite were provided to the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Anthony Irving and Dr. Scott Kuehner have identified the meteorite as a Mars meteorite, and have also paired it with NWA 1068, another Mars meteorite recovered by a French team in April 2001. Since this meteorite is paired, the total number of Mars meteorite remains at 24.
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Northwest Africa 1110
Morocco
Purchased 2001 November
Martian meteorite (basaltic shergottite)

G. and A. Hupé (xHupé) received a small sample of this meteorite in 2001 September and bought the rest from a dealer in Erfoud, Morocco in 2001 November. The weight of the total material purchased is 118 g. The place of recovery is believed to be in Morocco.
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