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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]
Elaliite is a mineral with formula Fe 9 PO 12 (or Fe 2+ 8 Fe 3+ (PO 4)O 8) that was first synthesized in a laboratory in the 1980s and later identified in natural material in 2022 at which time the official mineral designation was given. The mineral is orthorhombic, with space group Cmmm (space group 65). [1]
He worked on the Allende and Khatyrka Meteorites and on a variety of Martian meteorites such as the Tissint meteorite. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] These include new minerals such as tistarite, Ti 2 O 3 , [ 16 ] ahrensite, γ-Fe 2 SiO 4 , [ 17 ] tissintite,(Ca,Na, )AlSi 2 O 6 , [ 18 ] krotite, CaAl 2 O 4 , [ 19 ] grossmanite, CaTi 3+ AlSiO 6 [ 20 ] and ...
The new mineral was found along with hexamolybdenum. [2] These minerals, are believed to demonstrate conditions during the early stages of the Solar System, as is the case with many CV3 carbonaceous chondrites such as the Allende meteorite. [2] It is named after the Allende meteorite that fell in 1969 near Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico ...
The mineral's chemical formula is (Ti 4+,Sc,Al,Mg,Zr,Ca) 1.8 O 3. The elements found in it are titanium, scandium, aluminium, magnesium, zirconium, calcium, and oxygen. Samples from the meteorite include some which are zirconium rich. The mineral was found in conjunction with the already identified mineral davisite, within an olivine aggregate. [6]
Elkinstantonite was first identified in nature by scientists from the University of Alberta who were given a 70-gram piece of an ancient 15-ton El Ali meteorite that landed in Somalia and was first noticed by the international scientific community in 2020. [3] Elkinstantonite was named after NASA scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton. [3]
Niningerite is a magnesium–iron–manganese sulfide mineral with the chemical formula MgS that is found in enstatite chondrite meteorites. [2] Niningerite is the magnesium-dominant analog of keilite. [3] This mineral is named after Harvey H. Nininger.
Meteoric iron forms a few different structures that can be seen by etching or in thin sections of meteorites. The Widmanstätten pattern forms when meteoric iron cools and kamacite is exsolved from taenite in the form of lamellas. [5] Plessite is a more fine-grained intergrowth of the two minerals in between the lamella of the Widmanstätten ...