A meteorite mineral is a mineral found chiefly or exclusively within meteorites or meteorite derived material. This is a list of those minerals, excluding minerals also commonly found in terrestrial rocks. As of 1997 there were approximately 295 mineral species which have been identified in meteorites.[1]
List of meteorite minerals
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| Names |
Composition |
Occurrence |
| Akimotoite |
(Mg,Fe)SiO3 |
| Alabandite |
MnS |
| Allabogdanite |
(Fe,Ni)2P |
| Antitaenite |
|
| Augite |
(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al,Ti)(Si,Al)2O6 |
| Brezinaite |
Cr3S4 |
| Brianite |
Na2CaMg(PO4)2 |
| Calcium-aluminium-rich inclusion |
|
| Carlsbergite |
CrN |
- the North Chile meteorite in the Antofagasta Province, Chile
- the Nentmannsdorf meteorite of Bahretal, Erzgebirge, Saxony
- the Okinawa Trough, Senkaku Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- the Uwet meteorite of Cross River State, Nigeria
- the Sikhote-Alin meteorite, Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Russia
- the Hex River Mountains meteorite from the Cape Winelands District, Western Cape Province, South Africa
- the Canyon Diablo meteorite of Meteor Crater, Coconino County, Arizona
- the Smithonia meteorite of Oglethorpe County, Georgia
- the Kenton County meteorite of Kenton County, Kentucky
- the Lombard meteorite of Broadwater County, Montana
- the Murphy meteorite of Cherokee County and the Lick Creek meteorite of Davidson County, North Carolina
- the New Baltimore meteorite of Somerset County, Pennsylvania
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| Chondrule |
|
| Cohenite |
(Fe,Ni,Co)3C |
| Daubréelite |
Fe2+Cr3+2S4 |
ALH 84001 meteorite, Hoba meteorite, and the Canyon Diablo meteorite. |
| Dmitryivanovite |
CaAl2O4 |
| Grossite |
CaAl4O7 |
| Hapkeite |
Fe2Si |
| Haxonite |
(Fe,Ni)23C6 |
| Heazlewoodite |
Ni3S2 |
| Hibonite |
(Ca,Ce)(Al,Ti,Mg)12O19 |
| Iridium |
Ir |
| Kamacite |
α-(Fe,Ni); Fe0+0.9Ni0.1 |
| Keilite |
(Fe,Mg)S) |
| Krotite |
CaAl2O4 |
| Lonsdaleite |
C |
Canyon Diablo, Kenna, and Allan Hills 77283 |
| Melilite |
(Ca,Na)2(Al,Mg,Fe2+)[(Al,Si)SiO7] |
| Merrillite |
Ca9NaMg(PO4)7 |
lunar rocks, martian meteorite |
| Meteoric iron |
Fe and Ni in different ratios |
| Maskelynite |
|
| Mackinawite |
(Fe,Ni)1 + xS (where x = 0 to 0.11) |
| Majorite |
Mg3(MgSi)(SiO4)3 |
| Moissanite |
SiC |
| Nierite |
Si3N4 |
| Niningerite |
MgS |
| Oldhamite |
(Ca, Mg)S |
| Olivine |
(Mg, Fe)2SiO4 |
| Panethite |
(Na,Ca)2(Mg,Fe)2(PO4)2 |
| Panguite |
(Ti4+,Sc,Al,Mg,Zr,Ca)1.8O3 |
| Pentlandite |
iron nickel sulfide:(Fe,Ni)9S8 |
| Plessite |
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| Presolar grains |
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| Pyroxene |
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| Ringwoodite (discovered in the Tenham meteorite) |
Mg2SiO4 |
| Roaldite |
(Fe,Ni)4N |
| Schreibersite |
(Fe,Ni)3P |
| Sinoite |
Si2N2O |
| Taenite |
γ-(Ni,Fe) |
| Tetrataenite |
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| Troilite |
FeS |
| Wadsleyite |
Mg2SiO4 |
| Xifengite |
Fe5Si3 |
[] indicates repeating units
See also
References
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