List of meteorite minerals explained

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

Names		Composition	class=unsortable	Occurrence
Akimotoite		(Mg,Fe)SiO3
Alabandite		MnS
Allabogdanite		(Fe,Ni)2P
Antitaenite
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, 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
Chladniite		(PO4)36
Cohenite		(Fe,Ni,Co)3C
Daubréelite		Fe^2+Cr^3+2S4	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); Fe^0+0.9Ni0.1
Keilite		(Fe,Mg)S)
Krotite		CaAl2O4
Lonsdaleite		C	Canyon Diablo, Kenna, and Allan Hills 77283
Melilite		(Ca,Na)2(Al,Mg,Fe^2+)[(Al,Si)SiO<sub>7</sub>]
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^4+,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

• Glossary of meteoritics
• List of minerals

Notes and References

1. 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1997.tb01558.x . Mineralogy of meteorite groups - an update . Alan E.. Rubin . Meteoritics . 32 . 733–734 . Sep 1997 . 1997M&PS...32..733R . 5. 129508525 . free .