Martian meteorite
Tissint
A very fresh witnessed Martian fall with low terrestrial weathering. Graham used it as a 1.70 mm moving Mars sphere on an orrery dial.
The specimen
- Classification
- Martian olivine-phyric shergottite
- Event
- observed fall
- Where
- Oued Drâa valley east of Tata, near Tissint, Morocco
- When it fell
- 2011-07-18
- Found
- stones recovered beginning in 2011
- Known mass
- more than 7 kg
- Still cut for dials
- No longer (as of 2026-08-21)
The documented Graham model was an eight-piece 2017 limited edition.
Watches
No watch in this catalog is recorded as carrying a Tissint dial yet. The models below are what the research documents.
- Graham Tourbillon Orrery (2017)Moving sphere
Geo.Graham
2GGBP.U01A
1.70 mm moving Mars sphere on the dial
Source
Sources
- Field Museum — Tissintfall location/date and witnessed-fall significance
- graham-watches.jp — Graham 2019 reference guidedial use and material identity
- Meteoritical Bulletin Database — Tissintobserved fall, exact date, Morocco, Martian class and mass
- NASA Technical Reports Server — Tissint studyfresh Martian fall and isotopic science