Case file · Cosmic event
Zagami, the stone from Mars
On 3 October 1962, an 18 kg stone fell about 3 m from a farmer near Zagami in northern Nigeria and buried itself in a hole some 60 cm deep. It later proved to be a meteorite from Mars.
1962 CE · 11.73, 7.08 · status: official
The account
Zagami is a shergottite, a volcanic rock blasted off Mars by an impact. Gases trapped in such meteorites match the Martian atmosphere measured by the Viking landers. It is the largest single Martian meteorite seen to fall.