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A Mars meteorite stone (shergottite) weighing 452.6 grams.
A Mars meteorite stone (shergottite) weighing 245.4 grams.

Of the 60,000 or so meteorites that have been discovered on Earth, at least 175 have been identified as originating from the planet Mars. These rare meteorites created a stir throughout the world when NASA announced in August 1996 that evidence of microfossils may be present in one of these Mars meteorites.

The meteorites in the table below are grouped by their pairings and listed roughly in the order that they were found.

Meteorite Name	Location Found	Date Found	Mass (g)	Type
Chassigny	village of Chassigny, Haute-Marne province, France	October 3, 1815	~4,000	Chassignite (dunite)
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	Lafayette, Indiana, United States	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 Yamato 980497	Yamato Mountains, Antarctica	December 4, 1998 1998	82.46 8.7	basaltic shergottite
Yamoto 984028 Yamoto 000027 Yamoto 000047 Yamoto 000097	Yamato Mountains, Antarctica	1998 2000 2000 2000	12.34 9.7 5.3 24.5	Shergottite (Intermediate Ultramafic Poikilitic)
YA1075	Yamato Mountains, Antarctica	1999	55	Shergottite (Intermediate Ultramafic Poikilitic)
Los Angeles 001 Los Angeles 002	Mojave Desert, California, United States,	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 Sahy al Uhaymir 150 Sahy al Uhaymir 587	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 October 8, 2002 March 2, 2014	1,344 8,579 436 233.3 42.28 94.84 75 107.7 31.7 278.5 168 108 4.7	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
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	Yamato Mountains, Antarctica	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
Yamato 002192 Yamato 002712	Yamato Mountains, Antarctica	2000	32.1 72.9	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic?)
RBT 04261 RBT 04262	Roberts Massif, Antarctica	2004	78.8 204.6	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Poikilitic)
Northwest Africa 2975 Northwest Africa 2986 Northwest Africa 2987 Northwest Africa 4766 Northwest Africa 4783 Northwest Africa 4857 Northwest Africa 4864 Northwest Africa 4878 Northwest Africa 4880 Northwest Africa 4930 Northwest Africa 5140 Northwest Africa 5214 Northwest Africa 5219 Northwest Africa 5313 Northwest Africa 5366 Northwest Africa 7182 Northwest Africa 7890 Northwest Africa 8116 Northwest Africa 10068 Northwest Africa 10450 Northwest Africa 11804	Tanezrouft, Algeria	2005-2017	70.1 201 82 290 120 24 94 130 81.6 117.5 7.5 50.7 60 5.3 39.6 17 5.1 0.5 616 19.9 34.0	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Fine-Intergranular)
Northwest Africa 4222	Algeria or Morocco	2006	16.55	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 4468	Southern Morocco	2006	675	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Poikilitic)
Northwest Africa 4480	Algeria or Morocco	2006	13	Shergottite ('Intermediate' Mafic Fine-Intergranular)
Northwest Africa 4527 Northwest Africa4925	Algeria	2006	10.06 282.3	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 5718	Algeria or Morocco	2006	90.5	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Fine-Intergranular)
LAR 06319 LAR 12011	Larkman Nunatak, Antarctica	2007-2012	78.6 701.2	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 2990 Northwest Africa 5960 Northwest Africa 6234 Northwest Africa 6710 Northwest Africa 10170	Mauritania	2007-2009	363 147 55.7 74.4 307	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 2800	Algeria or Morocco	2007	686	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 5790 Northwest Africa 6148	Mauritania	2008-2009	145 270	Nakhlite (Augite-Olivine-Rich Cumulate)
Northwest Africa 5298	Bir Gandouz, Morocco	2008	445	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Jiddat al Harasis 479	Oman	2008	553	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 5789	Morocco	2009	49	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 5990	Hamada du Drâa, Morocc	2009	59	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 13517	??	2009	49.7	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Gabbroic?)
Ksar Ghilane 002	Quibili, Tunisia	2010	538	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 6162	Lbirat, Morocco	2010	89	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 6342	Algeria	2010	72.2	Shergottite (Intermediate Ultramafic Poikilitic)
Northwest Africa 6963 Northwest Africa 7258 Northwest Africa 11431	Fej Arrih, Morocco to northern Mauritania	2011-2017	>8,000 310 524	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 7032 Northwest Africa 7272	Algeria?	2011	85 58.7	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Microgabbroic)
Northwest Africa 7034 Northwest Africa 7475 Northwest Africa 7533 Northwest Africa 7906 Northwest Africa 7907 Northwest Africa 8114 Northwest Africa 8171 Northwest Africa 8674 Northwest Africa 10922 Rabt Sbayta 003 Northwest Africa 11220 Northwest Africa 11522 Not Yet Named Northwest Africa 11896 Northwest Africa 11921 Rabt Sbayta 010 Rabt Sbayta 012 Northwest Africa 12222 Northwest Africa 13561	Rabt Sbayta, Morocco	2011-2017	320 80.2 84 47.7 29.9 1.9 81.9 12 182 20.57 36.63 3.2 674 14 7.7 6.1 11.1 1.9 1.5	Polymict Regolith Breccia (Mafic)
Northwest Africa 7042	Morocco	2011	3,033	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Fine-Intergranular)
Tissint	Tanzrou, Morocco	July 18, 2011	>12,000	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Jiddat al Harasis 910	Oman	2011	27	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 7257	Morocco	2011	180	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Fine-Intergranular)
Northwest Africa 7320	Southern Morocco	2011	52	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Gabbroic)
Northwest Africa 7397 Northwest Africa 7387 Northwest Africa 7755 Northwest Africa 7937 Northwest Africa 8161	Chwichiya, Morocco	2012-2013	2,130 392 30 152.9 216	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Poikilitic)
Northwest Africa 7500	Taoudenni, Mali	2012	2,040	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Fine-Intergranular)
Northwest Africa 7635	Dahkla, Morocco	2012	195.8	Shergottite (Depleted Mafic Olivine-Plagioclase-Phyric)
LAR 12095 LAR 12240	Larkman Nunatak, Antarctica	2012	133.1 57.6	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Asuka 12325	Nansen Ice Field, Antarctica	2012	28.02	Shergottite
Northwest Africa 7944	Al Mahbas, Morocco	2013	815	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 8159	Morocco?	2013	149.4	Shergottite (Depleted Mafic Aphyric / Augite-Rich)
Northwest Africa 12412	??	2013	346	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 8637	Near Chwichiya, Morocco	2014	4.2	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Microgabbroic)
Northwest Africa 8656 Northwest Africa 8657 Northwest Africa 8770 Northwest Africa 10016 Northwest Africa 10375 Northwest Africa 10441 Northwest Africa 10593 Northwest Africa 10628 Northwest Africa 10703 Northwest Africa 10728 Northwest Africa 10994 Northwest Africa 11044 Northwest Africa 11288 Northwest Africa 11668 Northwest Africa 11746 Tindouf 002 Northwest Africa 13237?	Tindouf, Algeria	2014	1,655.8 233.6 7.5 11 30 238.8 279 24.1 111 137 9.4 104.7 406.6 20.0 9.4 78.2 36.5	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 8653 Not Yet Named	Mauritania	2014	214 119	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Fine-Intergranular?)
Jrifiya (Sueilila 002)	Jrifiya, Morocco	2014	3,694	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 8679	Morocco	2014	285	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Fine-Intergranular)
Northwest Africa 8686	Morocco	2014	376	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 8694	Morocco	2014	54.8	Chassignite (Olivine-Rich Cumulate)
Northwest Africa 8705	Morocco?	2014	6.2	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 10153 Northwest Africa 10645 Northwest Africa 10659 Northwest Africa 10720 Northwest Africa 11013	Algeria or Mauritania	2014	119 12 7.2 1015 20.81	Nakhlite (Augite-Olivine-Rich Cumulate)
Northwest Africa 10281 Northwest Africa 10299?	Morocco	2014	765 339	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Fine-Intergranular)
Northwest Africa 10134	Morocco?	2014	25.4	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Fine-Intergranular)
Northwest Africa 10169 Northwest Africa 10344? Northwest Africa 12002?	Morocco	2015	22 20 5	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Poikilitic)
Northwest Africa 10171	Morocco	2015	23.4	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Fine-Intergranular?)
Northwest Africa 10416	Mali	2015	964	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 10414	Morocco?	2015	39.8	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Pigeonite-Phyric?)
Northwest Africa 10558	Morocco?	2015	14.3	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 10567	Chwichiya, Morocco	2015	323	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Microgabbroic)
Northwest Africa 14672	??	2015	134.5	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Olivine-Phyric?)
Northwest Africa 11251	Morocco	2015	266	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Olivine-bearing Microgabbroic)
Northwest Africa 10618	Morocco?	2016	93.8	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Poikilitic)
Northwest Africa 10697	Mauritania?	2016	151	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Poikilitic)
Northwest Africa 10693	Mauritania	2016	111	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 10761	Morocco	2016	473	Shergottite (Intermediate Mafic Gabbroic)
Northwest Africa 10808	Mauritania	2016	188	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Poikilitic)
Northwest Africa 11065	Morocco?	2016	76.3	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Poikilitic)
Northwest Africa 10961	Morocco	2016	2220	Shergottite (Intermediate Ultramafic Poikilitic)
Northwest Africa 11214	Mauritania?	2016	477	Shergottite (Intermediate Ultramafic Poikilitic)
Not Yet Named	Mauritania?	2016	148	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 11057	Mauritania?	2016	3660	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 11073	Mali?	2016	247.7	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Aphyric)
Northwest Africa 11043 Not Yet Named	Mali	2016	544 450	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Poikilitic?)
Northwest Africa 11115	??	2016	246.8	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Ramlat Fasad 057	Oman	2016	13.1	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Microgabbroic?)
Northwest Africa 2424	??	2016	58.0	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Caleta el Cobre 022	Chile	2016	474	Nakhlite (Augite-Olivine-Rich Cumulate)
Northwest Africa 11255	Morocco	2017	1099	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Aphyric)
Northwest Africa 11300	??	2017	71.6	Shergottite (Intermediate Mafic Gabbroic)
Northwest Africa 11339	Morocco	2017	161	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Aphyric)
Northwest Africa 11261 Northwest Africa 10818?	Algeria or Mauritania	2017	114 166.2	Shergottite (Intermediate Ultramafic Poikilitic)
Northwest Africa 11509	Mali	2017	500	Shergottite (Intermediate' Permafic Olivine Gabbroic?)
Northwest Africa 14673	??	2018	405	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Poikilitic?)
Northwest Africa 11955	Mauritania	2018	272	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Gabbroic)
Northwest Africa 12210	??	2018	151.4	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Poikilitic)
Northwest Africa 12323	Mali or Niger	2018	447	Shergottite (Intermediate Mafic Gabbroic)
Northwest Africa 11866	Morocco?	2018	23.3	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic?)
Northwest Africa 12262 Northwest Africa 12280 Northwest Africa 12335 Northwest Africa 12522 Northwest Africa 12525 Northwest Africa 12550 Northwest Africa 12594? Northwest Africa 12633 Not Yet Named Ouargla 003 Not Yet Named Northwest Africa 12908 Northwest Africa 12960 Northwest Africa 12965 Northwest Africa 13115 Northwest Africa 13134 Northwest Africa 13187 Northwest Africa 13190 Northwest Africa 13215 Northwest Africa 13229 Northwest Africa 13257 Northwest Africa 13289 Northwest Africa 13327 Northwest Africa 13362 Northwest Africa 13401 Northwest Africa 13460? Northwest Africa 13486? Northwest Africa 13704? Northwest Africa 13716? Northwest Africa 13763? Ben Kesbes 002? Northwest Africa 14203 Northwest Africa 14243 Northwest Africa 14269 Northwest Africa 14485 Northwest Africa 14516? Northwest Africa 14520 Northwest Africa 14521 Northwest Africa 14550	Algeria?	2018-2020	3294 79 3970 1128 15 16.4 150 271 1860 68.4 2450 86 94 75.1 1524 15 1600 49 150 107 1500 387 346 4 67 4 21 17 53.5 119 29.3 44 3280 2850 282 569 1843 518 105	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 12269 Northwest Africa 13106? Northwest Africa 12919? Northwest Africa 13217? Northwest Africa 13506 Northwest Africa 13459? Northwest Africa 14607	Algeria?	2018-2022	1679 320 7.5 50 233 32.5 876	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Fine-Intergranular)
Not Yet Named	??	2018	~500	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 12241 Northwest Africa 12837	Algeria	2018	1150 4147	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Olivine Gabbroic Orthocumulate?)
Northwest Africa 12418	Morocco	2018	31.8	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Poikilitic)
Northwest Africa 12450	Morocco	2018	14.2	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 12536	Morocco?	2018	64.4	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 12564	Mauritania?	2018	1918	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 12392	??	2018	502	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic / Augite-Poor?)
Northwest Africa 12542	Mauritania?	2018	1082	Nakhlite (Augite-Olivine-Rich Cumulate)
Northwest Africa 13581	Algeria	2018	6300	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Poikilitic?)
Ramlat Fasad 533 Ramlat Fasad 534	Oman	2018-2019	35.2 12	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric?)
Not Yet Named	Mauritania?	2019	~3000	Shergottite (Intermediate Mafic Aphyric)
Northwest Africa 12632	Mauritania?	2019	64.85	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Gabbroic)
Swayyah 002 Swayyah 005	Morocco	2019 2021	4523 2648	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 12690	Niger?	2019	9095	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic?)
Gadamis 001	Libya	2019	7000	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 13179	Mauritania?	2019	175	Shergottite (Depleted Ultramafic Olivine Microwebsteritic)
Rafsa 001 Northwest Africa 13441	Algeria	2019	127.6 84.7	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 13031	??	2019	211	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Pyroxene-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 13204	Morocco	2019	76.8	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic?)
Northwest Africa 13038	??	2019	587	Shergottite (Intermediate Mafic Fine-Intergranular)
Northwest Africa 13227	??	2019	2300	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Olivine Gabbroic)
Northwest Africa 13250 Northwest Africa 13276 Northwest Africa 13360 Northwest Africa 13366 Northwest Africa 13367 Northwest Africa 13369 Northwest Africa 13925 Northwest Africa 13939 Northwest Africa 13985	Mauritania?	2019	2572 3652 187 417 249 24.7 1250 57 3	Shergottite (Intermediate Ultramafic Poikilitic?)
Northeast Africa 009	Libya	2019	244.5	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Aphyric)
Northeast Africa 011	Libya	2019	161.2	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Northwest Africa 14904	??	2019	800	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Poikilitic?)
Socorro	Pernambuco, Brazil	2019	4474	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic?)
Northwest Africa 14047	??	2019	1850	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic)
Not Yet Named	Mauritania?	2020	222	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic?)
Not Yet Named Northwest Africa 13775	??	2020	1754 30	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Olivine-Phyric?)
Northwest Africa 13368	Mauritania	2020	1105	Nakhlite (Augite-Olivine-Rich Cumulate)
Not Yet Named	??	2020	~4500	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric?)
Northwest Africa 13474	Algeria	2020	218	Shergottite (Intermediate Mafic Gabbroic?)
Not Yet Named	??	2020	1600	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric?)
Northwest Africa 13440	Algeria	2020	310	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Gabbroic?)
Not Yet Named	Libya	2020	1014	Shergottite (Intermediate Mafic ?Gabbroic?)
Northeast Africa 015	Libya	2020	610	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric?)
Northwest Africa 13467	??	2020	80	Shergottite (Depleted Mafic Olivine-bearing Microgabbroic)
Not Yet Named	??	2020	330	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Olivine Gabbroic?)
Northwest Africa 13669	??	2020	139.2	Nakhlite (Augite-Olivine-Rich Cumulate)
Northwest Africa 13645	??	2020	135	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Olivine-bearing Microgabbroic?)
Northwest Africa 14017	??	2020	1165	Shergottite (Depleted Permafic Olivine-Phyric)
Northwest Africa 13764 Northwest Africa 13786?	Algeria	2020	692 27.4	Nakhlite (Augite-Olivine-Rich Cumulate)
Northwest Africa 13965	??	2020	1720	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Olivine-Pigeonite-Phyric?)
Hassi Messauod 001	El Borma, Algeria	2020	75	Nakhlite (Augite-Olivine-Rich Cumulate)
Northwest Africa 13884 Northwest Africa 13885	Algeria	2020	4.1 2610	Shergottite (Enriched ?Permafic Olivine-Phyric?)
Taoudenni 002	Gao, Mali	2021	14,510	Shergottite (Enriched Permafic Olivine Gabbroic)
Northwest Africa 14369	Algeria?	2021	247	Nakhlite (Augite-Olivine-Rich Cumulate)
Northwest Africa 14107	??	2021	43.2	Shergottite (Enriched ?Permafic Olivine-Phyric?)
Northwest Africa 14362	??	2021	57.8	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Microgabbroic)
Northwest Africa 14127	??	2021	146	Shergottite (Enriched ?Permafic Olivine-Phyric?)
Northwest Africa 14962	Mauritania	2021	64.12	Nakhlite (Augite-Olivine-Rich Cumulate)
Northwest Africa 14713	??	2021	3000	Shergottite (Intermediate Permafic Poikilitic?)
Northeast Africa 14714	??	2021	4000	Shergottite (Enriched Mafic Diabasic?)
Northwest Africa 14899	Algeria?	2022	155	Shergottite (Enriched ?Permafic Olivine Gabbroic?)
Not Yet Named	Algeria	2022	41.8	Nakhlite (Augite-Olivine-Rich Cumulate)

Mars Meteorite News

10 Years Later, Life-On-Mars Debate Still On (Houston Chronicle - August 5, 2006)
Space Rock Re-opens Mars Debate (BBC News - February 8, 2006)
Birthplace of ALH84001 Pinpointed (New Scientist - September 16, 2005)
Martian Meteorites Record Surface Temperatures on Mars (Planetary Science Research Discoveries - July 29, 2005)
'Four-Billion-Year Chill' on Mars (BBC News - July 21, 2005)
Abundance and Diversity of Martian Meteorites from Northern Africa (Anthony Irving - March 31, 2005)
Martian Craters With Rays May Be Sources for Mars Meteorites (Astronomy Magazine - March 16, 2005)
New Mars Meteorite Found in Algeria (NWA 2626) (Tony Irving & Ted Bunch - February 16, 2005)
Ultra-Rare Chassignite Found in Morocco (NWA 2737) (Bruno Fectay & Carine Bidaut - February 9, 2005)
Opportunity Rover Finds an Iron Meteorite on Mars (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - January 19, 2005)
Helium Helps Trace the Origin of the Los Angeles Meteorite (Yale Daily News - October 28, 2004)
Martian Meteorite Measurements Give Information on Planet Evolution (Yale University - October 25, 2004)
New Mars Meteorite Found in Morocco (NWA 2373) (John and Dawn Birdsell - October 19, 2004)
The Other Mars Meteorite - Lafayette (Astrobiology Magazine - September 15, 2004)
New Mars Meteorite Found in Algeria (NWA 3171) (Anthony Irving - August 20, 2004)
New Martian Meteorite Found In Antarctica - MIL 03346 (NASA - July 20, 2004)
Carbonates in ALH 84001: Part of the Story of Water on Mars (Planetary Science Research Discoveries - July 1, 2004)
The Multifarious Martian Mantle (Planetary Science Research Discoveries - June 23, 2004)
Secrets to Life on Mars, Predicting Volcano Eruption May be Locked in Tiny Bubbles (Innovations Report - June 1, 2004)
Study May Cast Doubt on Some 1996 Evidence of Past Life on Mars (Johnson Space Center - May 5, 2004)
Weird Meteorite May Be From Mars Moon (New Scientist - April 21, 2004)
Matching Mars to Meteorites (Astrobiology Magazine - April 16, 2004)
Mars Rover Finds Rock Resembling Meteorites That Fell to Earth (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - April 15, 2004)
Mars Meteorites Linked to Rock at Meridiani (Jet Propulsion Laboratory - April 14, 2004)
New Mars Meteorite Found In Libya (DAG 1037) (Meteoritical Bulletin 88-4 - March 31, 2004)
Australian Scientists Claim Conclusive Proof of Microfossils in Mars Meteorite (The Daily Telegraph - January 29, 2004)
Dog Helped Confirm Life in Mars Meteorite (The Age - January 29, 2004)
30th Martian Meteorite Found in Algeria: NWA 2046 (Anthony Irving - January 26, 2004)
New Mars Rock Hints At Past Water (NWA 1950) (BBC News -- January 21, 2004)
Finding Bits Of Mars On Earth (The Plain Dealer - January 16, 2004)
Scientists Find Mars Meteorite (NWA 1950) (The Weekend Australian - January 4, 2004)
New Mars Meteorite Found In Algeria (NWA 2046) (Mike Farmer - December 27, 2003)
Hafnium, Tungsten, and the Differentiation of the Moon and Mars (Planetary Science Research Discoveries - November 28, 2003)
Pretty Green Mineral -- Pretty Dry Mars? (Planetary Science Research Discoveries - November 7, 2003)
Show Me the Carbonates (Planetary Science Research Discoveries - October 28, 2003)
New Mars Meteorite Found In Morocco (NWA 1950) (Meteoritical Bulletin 88-2 - October 23, 2003)
Chomping on Nano-Nuggets (Astrobiology Magazine - September 17, 2003)
Federal Court Sets Value Of Stolen Moon Rocks At $5 Million (Florida Today - August 6, 2003)
Nanofossils In ALH84001 May Be Digested Organic Matter (Nature Science Update - August 6, 2003)
Mars Meteorite To Wow Crowds In England (icBirmingham - July 23, 2003)
Mars Meteorite Helps Caltech Student Prove His Thesis (Pasadena Star News - July 6, 2003)
Features In Martian Meteorite Found On Earth (BBC News - May 17, 2003)
Mars Meteorite Announcements from Meteoritical Bulletin 87-4 (The Meteoritcal Society - May 6, 2003)
Treasures from the Lunar Attic (Astrobiology Magazine - March 14, 2003)
New Mars Meteorite Found In Morocco (NWA 1460) (Anthony Irving - February 12, 2003)
New Mars Meteorites Found In Antarctica (Yamato 980459 & Y000802) (Ron Baalke - January 30, 2003)
New Mars Meteorite Found In Libya (DAG 975) (Meteoritical Bulletin - January 28, 2003)
NWA 1669 Meteorite Hints At Mars' Watery Past (AFP - January 23, 2003)
Mars Meteorites News Archives

Related Home Pages

Mars Meteorite Compendium (Johnson Space Center)
SNC Meteorites (Eric Weisstein)
Photos of the potential microfossils in the Mars Meteorite:
On the Question of the Mars Meteorite (Lunar and Planetary Institute)
Life on Mars (Space Policy Project)
Collecting Meteorites From Mars In Antarctica (Luann Becker)
CyberSpace News (National Space Society)
Space Views (National Space Society - Boston Chapter)
Meteorites from Mars! (Johnson Space Center)

Current & Future Missions to Mars

Mars Global Surveyor (NASA - Launched: Nov 7, 1996, Mars Orbit Insertion: September 11, 1997)
Mars Odyssey (NASA - Launched: Apr 7, 2001, Mars Orbit Insertion: Oct 24, 2001)
Mars Express (ESA - Launch: Jun 2, 2003, Mars Orbit Insertion: December 25, 2003)
Spirit (MER-A) (NASA - Launch: Jun 10, 2003, Mars Landing: Jan 4, 2004)
Opportunity (MER-B) (NASA - Launch: Jul 7, 2003, Mars Landing: Jan 25, 2004)

Please direct questions and comments about this home page to
Ron Baalke
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

ron@jpl.nasa.gov

The Los Angeles Meteorite
A Mars meteorite stone (shergottite) weighing 452.6 grams.	A Mars meteorite stone (shergottite) weighing 245.4 grams.