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.
List of meteorite minerals
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.| Names | Composition | Occurrence | |
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| Akimotoite | (Mg,Fe)SiO3 | ||
| Alabandite | MnS | ||
| Allabogdanite | (Fe,Ni)2P | ||
| Antitaenite | |||
| Brezinaite | Cr3S4 | ||
| Brianite | Na2CaMg(PO4)2 | ||
| Calcium–aluminium-rich inclusion | |||
| Carlsbergite | CrN |
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| Chladniite | {Ca}{Na8}{Ca4Na4}{(Mg,Fe)43}(PO4)36 | ||
| Cohenite | (Fe,Ni,Co)3C | ||
| Daubréelite | FeCr2S4 | ALH 84001 meteorite, Hoba meteorite, and the Canyon Diablo meteorite. | |
| Dmitryivanovite | CaAl2O4 | ||
| Elaliite | Nightfall Meteorite, Somalia | ||
| Elkinstantonite | Nightfall Meteorite, Somalia | ||
| Grossite | CaAl4O7 | ||
| Hapkeite | Fe2Si | ||
| Haxonite | (Fe,Ni)23C6 | ||
| Heazlewoodite | Ni3S2 | ||
| Hibonite | (Ca,Ce)(Al,Ti,Mg)12O19 | ||
| Iridium | Ir | ||
| Kamacite | α-(Fe,Ni); Fe0.9Ni0.1 | ||
| Keilite | (Fe,Mg)S) | ||
| Krotite | CaAl2O4 | ||
| Lonsdaleite | C | Canyon Diablo, Kenna, and Allan Hills 77283 | |
| Melilite | (Ca,Na)2(Al,Mg,Fe) | ||
| 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 | ||
| Olsenite | El Ali, "Nightfall Meteorite", Somalia | ||
| Panethite | (Na,Ca)2(Mg,Fe)2(PO4)2 | ||
| Panguite | (Ti,Sc,Al,Mg,Zr,Ca)1.8O3 | ||
| Pentlandite | iron nickel sulfide:(Fe,Ni)9S8 | ||
| Plessite | |||
| Presolar grains | |||
| Ringwoodite (discovered in the Tenham meteorite) | Mg2SiO4 | ||
| Roaldite | (Fe,Ni)4N | ||
| Schreibersite | (Fe,Ni)3P | ||
| Sinoite | Si2N2O | ||
| Taenite | γ-(Ni,Fe) | ||
| Tetrataenite | |||
| Troilite | FeS | ||
| Wadsleyite | Mg2SiO4 | ||
| Xifengite | Fe5Si3 |
indicates repeating units
See also
References
- Rubin, Alan E. (Sep 1997). "Mineralogy of meteorite groups - an update". Meteoritics. 32 (5): 733–734. Bibcode:1997M&PS...32..733R. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.1997.tb01558.x. S2CID 129508525.
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