Chemolithotrophy on the Noachian Martian breccia NWA 7034 via experimental microbial biotransformation

Rare-earth Minerals in Martian Meteorite Nwa 7034/7533: Evidence for Fluid-rock Interaction in the Martian Crust

Evidence for a widespread basaltic breccia component in the martian low-albedo regions from the reflectance spectrum of Northwest Africa 7034

Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 is the first breccia meteorite from Mars, and unlike the shergottite, nakhlite, and chassignite (SNC) martian meteorites, it matches the estimated chemical composition of martian crust. Here we show that the visible-infrared reflectance spectrum of NWA 7034 is unique compared to other SNCs and is more similar than them to remotely sensed data from Mars, suggesting th...

Nwa 4477 : a Unique Impact Melt Breccia

J. McCoy, R. C. Greenwood, and I. A. Franchi. University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (LPL), Tucson, AZ 85721, USA, ([email protected]), Dept. Physical Sciences, Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York, 2001 Oriental Blvd., Brooklyn N.Y. 100235, USA, and the Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Graduate Center of CUNY, Dept. Earth and Pla...

Unique meteorite from early Amazonian Mars: water-rich basaltic breccia Northwest Africa 7034.

We report data on the martian meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034, which shares some petrologic and geochemical characteristics with known martian meteorites of the SNC (i.e., shergottite, nakhlite, and chassignite) group, but also has some unique characteristics that would exclude it from that group. NWA 7034 is a geochemically enriched crustal rock compositionally similar to basalts and ave...

New Rock Types from Mars: Trace Element Signatures in Nwa 7034 Clasts