Open AccessA Survey of Meteorite-specific Minerals
Author(s) -
Thaddaeus J. Kiker,
Nina Louise Hooper,
M. Elvis
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
research notes of the aas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2515-5172
DOI - 10.3847/2515-5172/ac47a5
Subject(s) - meteorite , planetesimal , astrobiology , geology , chondrule , chondrite , solar system , geochemistry , earth science , physics
Dozens of exotic materials are found only in meteorites. These “meteorite minerals” are formed in the solar system's cold, long-lived, proto-planetary disk, in the slowly cooling cores of planetesimals, and in high-speed collisions. To the best of our knowledge no recent published work has aggregated information about minerals only found in meteorites in a comprehensive and machine readable manner. Thus, we have compiled a preliminary catalog of 81 known meteorite minerals from the literature to serve as a stepping stone for a future, more extensive effort. We also explore the distribution of these meteorite minerals by meteorite type.