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NWA 480 was found in November 2000 in Morocco (Barrat et al. 2001, 2002; Grossman and Zipfel 2001). It was almost completely covered with fusion crust (figure 1) and appeared to be rather fresh with only a few spots of weathering products on the surface. Apparently, NWA 480, was sold to the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), where it is being put to use to prepare for analysis of samples returned by planned missions to Mars (according to Philippe Gillet) and is being studied by Consortium Théodore Monod.  
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Northwest Africa 480
  Northwest Africa
  Found 2000 November
  Martian meteorite (basaltic shergottite)
A 28 g stone almost completely covered with fusion crust was found in Morocco.

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