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Mars
NB: Use the locality search function here in Mindat to check also localities including the name "martian", which generally will lead to meteorites of martian origin which fell here on Earth. By convention, such finds are listed under the country where found on Earth and not here under "Mars", although we can of course assume that most of the mineral species listed from such meteorites did originate on Mars (assuming that the meteorite in question was correctly classified as Martian).
Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities26 entries listed. 20 valid minerals.
Localities in this Region
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References
- Papike, J. J. et al. (2009): Silicate mineralogy of martian meteorites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 73, 7443-7485.
External Links
- http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/antmet/mmc/index.cfm [The Mars Meteorite Compendium]
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