This is an incomplete list of Martian meteorites i.e. meteorites that have been identified as having originated from Mars.
, 277 meteorites had been classified as Martian, less than half a percent of the 72,000 meteorites that have been classified. On 17 October 2013, NASA reported, based on analysis of argon in the Martian atmosphere by the Mars Curiosity rover, that certain meteorites found on Earth previously only thought to be from Mars, could now be confirmed as from Mars. The list does not include meteorites found on Mars by the various rovers.
List MeteoriteFoundMass (g)NotesAllan Hills 770051977-12-29482.5First Antarctic find.Allan Hills 84001 19841939.9Orthopyroxenite, 4.091 billion years old, is believed to be the oldest Martian meteorite.Chassigny 1815-10-034000Mainly olivine with intercumulous pyroxene, feldspar, and oxides.Dar al Gani 4761996-20002015Dar al Gani 4891996-20002146Dar al Gani 6701996-20001619Dar al Gani 7351996-2000588Dar al Gani 8761996-20006.2Dar al Gani 9751996-200027.6Dar al Gani 10371996-20004012Dar al Gani 10511996-200040.1Dhofar 0192000-20101056Dhofar 3782000-200115Dhofar 16682000-20106.1Dhofar 16742000-201049.2Dhofar unnamed2000-2001209.1Elephant Moraine 79001 A & B19807942Has two different lithologies in contact.Governador Valadares1958158Grove Mountains 02009020027.54Smallest.Grove Mountains 99027200010Second smallest.Jiddat al Harasis 4792008553Ksar Ghilane 0022010538Lafayette1931800LAR 06319200778.6LEW 88516198813.2Los Angeles1999-10-30452.6 and 245.4MIL 033462003-2009715MIL 0900302003-2009453MIL 0900322003-2009532MIL 0901362003-2009171Nakhla 1911-04-28Shows signs of aqueous processes on Mars.Northwest Africa 480 2000-200128Northwest Africa 817 2000104Northwest Africa 856 2001320Northwest Africa 998 2001456Northwest Africa 1068 2001-2004577Northwest Africa 1110 2001-2004118Northwest Africa 1183 2001-2004140Northwest Africa 1195 2002315Northwest Africa 1318720191600Northwest Africa 1460 2000-200170Northwest Africa 1669 200135.9Northwest Africa 16788 2023 24670Northwest Africa 1775 2001-200425Northwest Africa 1950 2001797Northwest Africa 2046 200363Northwest Africa 2626 200431.1Northwest Africa 2646 200430.7Northwest Africa 2373 2001-200418Northwest Africa 2737 2000611Northwest Africa 2800 2007686Northwest Africa 2969 2001-200412Northwest Africa 2975 2005-201070.1Northwest Africa 2986 2005-2010201Northwest Africa 2987 2005-201082Northwest Africa 2990 2007-2011363Northwest Africa 3171 2004506Northwest Africa 4222 200616.55Northwest Africa 4468 2006675Northwest Africa 4480 200613Northwest Africa 4527 200610.06Northwest Africa 4766 2005-2010225Northwest Africa 4783 2005-2010120Northwest Africa 4797 200115Northwest Africa 4857 2005-201024Northwest Africa 4864 2005-201094Northwest Africa 4878 2005-2010130Northwest Africa 4880 2005-201081.6Northwest Africa 4925 2006282.3Northwest Africa 4930 2005-2010117.5Northwest Africa 5029 200314.67Northwest Africa 5140 2005-20107.5Northwest Africa 5214 2005-201050.7Northwest Africa 5219 2005-201060Northwest Africa 5298 2008445Northwest Africa 5313 2005-20105.3Northwest Africa 5366 2005-201039.6Northwest Africa 5718 200690.5Northwest Africa 5789 200949Northwest Africa 5790 2008-2009145Northwest Africa 5960 2007-2011147Northwest Africa 5990 200959Northwest Africa 6148 2008-2009280Northwest Africa 6162 201089Northwest Africa 6234 2007-201155.7Northwest Africa 6342 201072.2Northwest Africa 6710 2007-201174.4Northwest Africa 6963 20118000Northwest Africa 7032 201185Northwest Africa 7034 20113202.1 billion years old, second oldest Martian meteorite.Northwest Africa 7042 20113033Northwest Africa 7182 2005-201017Northwest Africa 7257 2011180Northwest Africa 7258 2011310Northwest Africa 7272 201158.7Northwest Africa 7320 201152Northwest Africa 7397 20122130Northwest Africa 7500 20122040Northwest Africa 7533 201281Probable pair with NWA 7034RBT 04261 200478.8RBT 04262 2004204.6QUE 94201 199412.0Sayh al Uhaymir 005 1999-20011344Sayh al Uhaymir 008 1999-20018579Sayh al Uhaymir 051 1999-2001436Sayh al Uhaymir 060 1999-200142Sayh al Uhaymir 090 1999-200195Sayh al Uhaymir 094 1999-2001223Sayh al Uhaymir 120 1999-200175Sayh al Uhaymir 125 1999-200132Sayh al Uhaymir 130 1999-2001279Sayh al Uhaymir 150 1999-2001108Shergotty 1865-08-255000Mostly pyroxene; thought to have undergone preterrestrial aqueous alteration.Tissint 2011-07-1812000Signs of elements being carried into cracks by water while on Mars.YA 1075199955Yamato 0000271998-20009.7Yamato 0000471998-20005.3Yamato 0000971998-200024.5Yamato 000593200013700Second largestYamato 00074920001283Yamato 000802200022Yamato 793605197916Yamato 980459199882.5Yamato 98049719988.7Yamato 9840281998-200012.3Zagami196218000Largest.
See also
Glossary of meteoritics List of meteorites on Mars List of lunar meteorites
Notes Where multiple meteorites are listed, they are believed to be pieces of the same original body. The mass shown is the total recovered.
Abbreviations: Antarctica locations, numbered: ALH - Allan Hills LAR - Larkman Nunatak LEW - Lewis Cliff MIL - Miller Range QUE - Queen Alexandra Range RBT - Roberts Massif YA - Yamato Mountains Chassigny - Chassigny, Haute-Marne, France Desert locations, numbered: DaG - Dar al Gani, Al Jufrah, Libya Dhofar - Zufar, Oman NWA - Northwest Africa meteorite (mainly Mali, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Western Sahara) SaU - Sayh al Uhaymir, Oman Nakhla - El Nakhla El Bahariya, Abu Hummus, Beheira Governorate, Egypt Shergotty - Shergotty, Gaya district, Bihar, India Tissint - Tissint, Oued Drâa valley, East of Tata, Morocco
References
External links An up-to-date List of Martian Meteorites , Dr. Tony Irving, University of Washington Northern Arizona Meteorite Laboratory Martian Meteorite News Martian Meteorite Compendium JSC, NASA Mindat - Martian meteorites