Meteorite NWA 7325

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Meteorite NWA 7325 has been confirmed to be a truly ancient relic, dating back an astonishing 4562.8 ± 0.3 million years before the emergence of our planet Earth. Following its ejection from a parent body, it is calculated that this meteorite spent a staggering 20 million years traversing the vast expanse of the Solar System before finally coming to rest in the Moroccan desert, where it was recovered in 2012. Upon meticulous scientific analysis, a distinct extraterrestrial signature was unmistakably detected - the presence of richly nickel-infused iron, an element that is strikingly absent from terrestrial iron. This unequivocal indicator made it immediately clear that this rock had not been formed within our own Earth's crust! Although its origin remains shrouded in mystery, astronomers have speculated that it may hail from Mercury or the asteroid belt. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History houses the meteorite under catalog number MIN.100578 as part of their esteemed Mineralogy and Meteoritics Collection. Scanning and processing was meticulously carried out by Yale Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage Digital Imaging Specialist Chelsea Alene Graham utilizing NextEngine, NextEngine ScanStudio, and MeshLab in 2014.