The other landed in Morocco, in a town called Zag. When cracked open, the meteorites exhibit a purple area, which turned out to be ordinary table salt, sodium chloride. Cosmic rays had turned the area purple. Upon closer inspection, scientists found droplets of salty water in the purple. It was the first time scientists had access to water that had not originated on Earth.
Water is the key ingredient to life, and impacts the development of planets.
It composes our oceans and affects volcanic bursts. Finding water was a major victory for meteorite researchers. Preliminary dating of the Zag meteorite showed that liquid water had formed within 100 million years after the formation of the solar system, around 4.5 billion years ago. You have at least the potential for the evolution of life. But new dating suggests that the salt crystals and brine formed just two million years after the solar system's birth.