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Newly-Found Meteorite May Point to Water Under Martian Surface

PARIS (AFP) -- Jun 12, 2001
A meteorite found in the western Sahara contains water that may have come from below the surface of Mars, French researchers said Tuesday.

The rock, weighing 104 grammes (three and a half ounces), was discovered by French meteorite hunters last December.

It is the fourth meteorite to be identified as a nakhlite, a Martian mineral, the National Institute for Sciences of the Universe (INSU) said, confirming a report in the daily Le Monde.
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Dan