List of mars meteorites, catalog of worldwide meteorite finds identified as originating from the red planet Mars.

List of Martian Meteorite courtesy of:

Ron Baalke
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

ron@jpl.nasa.gov

 

Martian meteorites are of major scientific importance because they represent the only known samples of another planet available for research. From a geological point of view, they are most intriguing, but more importantly, they provide tantalizing clues to the question of the possibility of life on other planets.

 

If we exclude all probable pairings, 34 different Mars meteorites have been recovered to date, comprising a total weight of about 94 kg, with about 66 kg recovered from out of Antarctica. Based on their mineral compositions, the Mars meteorites are further divided into six related subgroups: basaltic shergottites, olivine-phyric shergottites, lherzolitic shergottites, nakhlites, chassignites, and orthopyroxenites, the latter subgroup consisting of just one single member.

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Meteorite Name Location Found Date Found Mass (g) Type
Chassigny France, Haute-Marne province,
village of Chassigny
October 3, 1815 ~4,000 dunite (chassignite)
Shergotty India, Bihar State, town of Shergahti August 25, 1865 ~5,000 basaltic shergottite
Nakhla Egypt, El-Baharnya, village of El-Nakhla June 28, 1911 ~10,000 clinopyroxenite (nakhlite)
Lafayette United States, Indiana, Lafayette 1931 ~800 clinopyroxenite (nakhlite)
Governador Valadares Brazil, state of Minas Gerais,
city of Governador Valadares
1958 158 clinopyroxenite (nakhlite)
Zagami Nigeria, Katsina Province, Zagami Rock October 3, 1962 ~18,000 basaltic shergottite
ALHA 77005 Antarctica, Victoria Land, Allan Hills December 29, 1977 482 peridotite (lherzolitic shergottite)
Yamato 793605 Antarctica, Victoria Land, Yamato Mountains 1979 16 peridotite (lherzolitic shergottite)
EETA 79001 Antarctica, Victoria Land, Elephant Moraine January 13, 1980 7,900 olivine-phyric shergottite
ALH 84001 Antarctica, Victoria Land, Allan Hills December 27, 1984 1,939.9 orthopyroxenite
LEW 88516 Antarctica, Victoria Land, Lewis Cliff December 22, 1988 13.2 peridotite (lherzolitic shergottite)
QUE 94201 Antarctica, Victoria Land,
Queen Alexandra Range
December 16, 1994 12.0 basaltic shergottite
Dar al Gani 476
Dar al Gani 489
Dar al Gani 735
Dar al Gani 670
Dar al Gani 876
Dar al Gani 975
Dar al Gani 1037
Libya, Sahara Desert May 1, 1998
1997
1996-1997
1998-1999
May 7, 1998
August 21, 1999
1999
2,015
2,146
588
1,619
6.2
27.55
4012.4
olivine-phyric shergottite
Yamato 980459 Antarctica, Yamato Mountains December 4, 1998 82.46 basaltic shergottite
Los Angeles 001
Los Angeles 002
United States, California, Mojave Desert October 30, 1999
October 30, 1999
452.6
245.4
basaltic shergottite
Sayh al Uhaymir 005
Sayh al Uhaymir 008
Sayh al Uhaymir 051
Sayh al Uhaymir 094
Sayh al Uhaymir 060
Sayh al Uhaymir 090
Sayh al Uhaymir 120
Sayh al Uhaymir 150
Sayh al Uhaymir 125
Sayh al Uhaymir 130
Sahy al Uhaymir 131
Oman, Sayh al Uhaymir November 26, 1999
November 26, 1999
August 1, 2000
February 8, 2001
June 27, 2001
January 19, 2002
November 17, 2002
October 8, 2002
November 19, 2003
January 11, 2004
January 11, 2004
1,344
8,579
436
233.3
42.28
94.84
75
107.7
31.7
278.5
168
olivine-phyric shergottite
Dhofar 019 Oman, Dhofar January 24, 2000 1,056 olivine-phyric shergottite
GRV 99027 Antarctica, Grove Hill February 8, 2000 9.97 peridotite (lherzolitic shergottite)
Dhofar 378 Oman, Dhofar June 17, 2000 15 basaltic shergottite
Northwest Africa 2737 Morocco August 2000 611 dunite (chassignite)
Northwest Africa 480
Northwest Africa 1460
Morocco November 2000
December 2001
28
70.2
basaltic shergottite
Y000593
Y000749
Y000802
Antarctica, Yamato Mountains November 29, 2000
December 3, 2000
??
13,700
1,300
22
clinopyroxenite (nakhlite)
Northwest Africa 817 Morocco December 2000 104 clinopyroxenite (nakhlite)
Northwest Africa 1669 Morocco January 2001 35.85 basaltic shergottite
Northwest Africa 1950 Morocco January & March 2001 797 peridotite (lherzolitic shergottite)
Northwest Africa 856 Morocco March 2001 320 basaltic shergottite
Northwest Africa 1068
Northwest Africa 1110
Northwest Africa 1775
Northwest Africa 2373
Morocco, Maarir


Morocco, Erfoud
April 2001
January 2002
2002
August 2004
654
118
25
18.1
olivine-phyric shergottite
Northwest Africa 998 Algeria or Morocco September 2001 456 clinopyroxenite (nakhlite)
Northwest Africa 1195 Morocco, Safsaf March 2002 315 olivine-phyric shergottite
Northwest Africa 2046 Algeria, Lakhbi September 2003 63 olivine-phyric shergottite
MIL 03346 Antarctica, Miller Range of the Transantarctic Mountains December 15, 2003 715.2 nakhlite
Northwest Africa 3171 Algeria February 2004 506 basaltic shergottite
Northwest Africa 2626 Algeria November 2004 31.07 olivine-phyric shergottite
YA1075 Antarctica ?? 55 peridotite (lherzolitic shergottite)