List of meteorite minerals
A meteorite mineral is a mineral found chiefly or exclusively within meteorites or meteorite-derived material.[citation needed] 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
Names
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Composition
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Occurrence
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Akimotoite
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(Mg,Fe)SiO3
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Alabandite
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MnS
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Allabogdanite
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(Fe,Ni)2P
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Antitaenite
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Brezinaite
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Cr3S4
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Brianite
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Na2CaMg(PO4)2
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Calcium–aluminium-rich inclusion
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Carlsbergite
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CrN
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- the North Chile meteorite in the Antofagasta Province, Chile
- the Nentmannsdorf meteorite of Bahretal, Saxony, Germany
- 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, United States
- the Smithonia meteorite of Oglethorpe County, Georgia, United States
- the Kenton County meteorite of Kenton County, Kentucky, United States
- the Lombard meteorite of Broadwater County, Montana, United States
- the Murphy meteorite of Cherokee County and the Lick Creek meteorite of Davidson County, North Carolina, United States
- the New Baltimore meteorite of Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Chladniite
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{Ca}{Na8}{Ca4Na4}{(Mg,Fe2+)43}(PO4)36
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Cohenite
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(Fe,Ni,Co)3C
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Daubréelite
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Fe2+Cr3+2S4
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ALH 84001 meteorite, Hoba meteorite, and the Canyon Diablo meteorite.
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Dmitryivanovite
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CaAl2O4
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Elaliite
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Nightfall Meteorite, Somalia
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Elkinstantonite
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Nightfall Meteorite, Somalia
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Grossite
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CaAl4O7
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Hapkeite
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Fe2Si
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Haxonite
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(Fe,Ni)23C6
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Heazlewoodite
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Ni3S2
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Hibonite
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(Ca,Ce)(Al,Ti,Mg)12O19
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Iridium
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Ir
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Kamacite
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α-(Fe,Ni); Fe0+0.9Ni0.1
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Keilite
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(Fe,Mg)S)
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Krotite
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CaAl2O4
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Lonsdaleite
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C
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Canyon Diablo, Kenna, and Allan Hills 77283
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Melilite
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(Ca,Na)2(Al,Mg,Fe2+)[(Al,Si)SiO7]
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Merrillite
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Ca9NaMg(PO4)7
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lunar rocks, martian meteorite
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Meteoric iron
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Fe and Ni in different ratios
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Maskelynite
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Mackinawite
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(Fe,Ni)1 + xS (where x = 0 to 0.11)
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Majorite
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Mg3(MgSi)(SiO4)3
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Moissanite
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SiC
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Nierite
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Si3N4
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Niningerite
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MgS
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Oldhamite
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(Ca, Mg)S
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Olsenite
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El Ali, "Nightfall Meteorite", Somalia
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Panethite
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(Na,Ca)2(Mg,Fe)2(PO4)2
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Panguite
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(Ti4+,Sc,Al,Mg,Zr,Ca)1.8O3
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Pentlandite
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iron nickel sulfide:(Fe,Ni)9S8
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Plessite
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Presolar grains
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Ringwoodite (discovered in the Tenham meteorite)
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Mg2SiO4
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Roaldite
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(Fe,Ni)4N
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Schreibersite
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(Fe,Ni)3P
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Sinoite
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Si2N2O
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Taenite
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γ-(Ni,Fe)
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Tetrataenite
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Troilite
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FeS
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Wadsleyite
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Mg2SiO4
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Xifengite
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Fe5Si3
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[] indicates repeating units
See also
References
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