List of meteorite minerals
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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- Akimotoite
- Alabandite
- Allabogdanite
- Antitaenite
- Brezinaite
- Brianite
- Calcium-aluminium-rich inclusion
- Carlsbergite
- Chondrule
- Cohenite
- Daubréelite
- Dmitryivanovite
- Grossite
- Hapkeite
- Haxonite
- Heazlewoodite
- Hibonite
- Iridium
- Kamacite
- Keilite
- Krotite
- Lonsdaleite
- Melilite
- Merrillite
- Meteoric iron
- Maskelynite
- Mackinawite
- Majorite
- Moissanite
- Nierite
- Niningerite
- Oldhamite
- Panethite
- Panguite
- Pentlandite
- Plessite
- Presolar grains
- Ringwoodite (discovered in the Tenham meteorite)
- Roaldite
- Schreibersite
- Sinoite
- Taenite
- Tetrataenite
- Troilite
- Wadsleyite
- Xifengite
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.
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