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

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
Chondrule
Cohenite	(Fe,Ni,Co)3C
Daubréelite	Fe^2+Cr^3+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); 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)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	(Ti^4+,Sc,Al,Mg,Zr,Ca)1.8O3
Pentlandite	iron nickel sulfide:(Fe,Ni)9S8
Plessite
Presolar grains
Pyroxene
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

References

1. 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.