This is an imcomplete 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.[1] 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.[2] The list does not include meteorites found on Mars by the various rovers.
Meteorite | Found | Mass (g) | Notes | |
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Allan Hills 77005 | 1977-12-29 | 482.5 | First Antarctic find. | |
1984 | 1939.9 | Orthopyroxenite, 4.091 billion years old, is believed to be the oldest Martian meteorite. | ||
1815-10-03 | 4000 | Mainly olivine with intercumulous pyroxene, feldspar, and oxides. | ||
Dar al Gani 476 | 1996-2000 | 2015 | ||
Dar al Gani 489 | 1996-2000 | 2146 | ||
Dar al Gani 670 | 1996-2000 | 1619 | ||
Dar al Gani 735 | 1996-2000 | 588 | ||
Dar al Gani 876 | 1996-2000 | 6.2 | ||
Dar al Gani 975 | 1996-2000 | 27.6 | ||
Dar al Gani 1037 | 1996-2000 | 4012 | ||
Dar al Gani 1051 | 1996-2000 | 40.1 | ||
Dhofar 019 | 2000-2010 | 1056 | ||
Dhofar 378 | 2000-2001 | 15 | ||
Dhofar 1668 | 2000-2010 | 6.1 | ||
Dhofar 1674 | 2000-2010 | 49.2 | ||
Dhofar unnamed | 2000-2001 | 209.1 | ||
Elephant Moraine 79001 A & B | 1980 | 7942 | Has two different lithologies in contact. | |
Governador Valadares | 1958 | 158 | ||
Grove Mountains 020090 | 2002 | 7.54 | Smallest. | |
Grove Mountains 99027 | 2000 | 10 | Second smallest. | |
Jiddat al Harasis 479 | 2008 | 553 | ||
Ksar Ghilane 002 | 2010 | 538 | ||
Lafayette | 1931 | 800 | ||
LAR 06319 | 2007 | 78.6 | ||
LEW 88516 | 1988 | 13.2 | ||
Los Angeles | 1999-10-30[3] | 452.6 and 245.4 | ||
MIL 03346 | 2003-2009 | 715 | ||
MIL 090030 | 2003-2009 | 453 | ||
MIL 090032 | 2003-2009 | 532 | ||
MIL 090136 | 2003-2009 | 171 | ||
1911-04-28 | Shows signs of aqueous processes on Mars. | |||
2000-2001 | 28 | |||
2000 | 104 | |||
2001 | 320 | |||
2001 | 456 | |||
2001-2004 | 577 | |||
2001-2004 | 118 | |||
2001-2004 | 140 | |||
2002 | 315 | |||
2000-2001 | 70 | |||
2001 | 35.9 | |||
2001-2004 | 25 | |||
2001 | 797 | |||
2003 | 63 | |||
2004 | 31.1 | |||
2004 | 30.7 | |||
2001-2004 | 18 | |||
2000 | 611 | |||
2007 | 686 | |||
2001-2004 | 12 | |||
2005-2010 | 70.1 | |||
2005-2010 | 201 | |||
2005-2010 | 82 | |||
2007-2011 | 363 | |||
2004 | 506 | |||
2006 | 16.55 | |||
2006 | 675 | |||
2006 | 13 | |||
2006 | 10.06 | |||
2005-2010 | 225 | |||
2005-2010 | 120 | |||
2001 | 15 | |||
2005-2010 | 24 | |||
2005-2010 | 94 | |||
2005-2010 | 130 | |||
2005-2010 | 81.6 | |||
2006 | 282.3 | |||
2005-2010 | 117.5 | |||
2003 | 14.67 | |||
2005-2010 | 7.5 | |||
2005-2010 | 50.7 | |||
2005-2010 | 60 | |||
2008 | 445 | |||
2005-2010 | 5.3 | |||
2005-2010 | 39.6 | |||
2006 | 90.5 | |||
2009 | 49 | |||
2008-2009 | 145 | |||
2007-2011 | 147 | |||
2009 | 59 | |||
2008-2009 | 280 | |||
2010 | 89 | |||
2007-2011 | 55.7 | |||
2010 | 72.2 | |||
2007-2011 | 74.4 | |||
2011 | 8000 | |||
2011 | 85 | |||
2011 | 320 | 2.1 billion years old, second oldest Martian meteorite.[4] | ||
2011 | 3033 | |||
2005-2010 | 17 | |||
2011 | 180 | |||
2011 | 310 | |||
2011 | 58.7 | |||
2011 | 52 | |||
2012 | 2130 | |||
2012 | 2040 | |||
2012 | 81 | Probable pair with NWA 7034[5] | ||
Northwest Africa 13187 | 2019 | 1600 | ||
2004 | 78.8 | |||
2004 | 204.6 | |||
1994 | 12.0 | |||
1999-2001 | 1344 | |||
1999-2001 | 8579 | |||
1999-2001 | 436 | |||
1999-2001 | 42 | |||
1999-2001 | 95 | |||
1999-2001 | 223 | |||
1999-2001 | 75 | |||
1999-2001 | 32 | |||
1999-2001 | 279 | |||
1999-2001 | 108 | |||
1865-08-25 | 5000 | Mostly pyroxene; thought to have undergone preterrestrial aqueous alteration. | ||
2011-07-18 | 12000 | Signs of elements being carried into cracks by water while on Mars. | ||
YA 1075 | 1999 | 55 | ||
Yamato 000027 | 1998-2000 | 9.7 | ||
Yamato 000047 | 1998-2000 | 5.3 | ||
Yamato 000097 | 1998-2000 | 24.5 | ||
Yamato 000593 | 2000 | 13700[6] | Second largest | |
Yamato 000749 | 2000 | 1283 | ||
Yamato 000802 | 2000 | 22 | ||
Yamato 793605 | 1979 | 16 | ||
Yamato 980459 | 1998 | 82.5 | ||
Yamato 980497 | 1998 | 8.7 | ||
Yamato 984028 | 1998-2000 | 12.3 | ||
Zagami | 1962 | 18000 | Largest. |
Where multiple meteorites are listed, they are believed to be pieces of the same original body. The mass shown is the total recovered.
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