In order to get a true Martian iron meteorite, you would need an impact large enough to knock out a chunk of the core, which as far as I'm aware has not occurred. Although I guess you could technically get iron ore as a Martian meteorite if an impact hit the right location, or even a sedimentary Martian meteorite (but that probably would not survive long).
I believe the iron meteorites that rovers bumped into on Mars are essentially the same ones we run into on Earth; iron meteorites fall onto Mars and last longer. -Yinan On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:59 PM, steve arnold <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi list. I have been wondering this for a while. With all the martian > meteorites found since 1997, I know they have been stones. Has any > iron martian meteorites been found? I know the rovers up on mars has > bumped into them. But am just wondering.Have a great day. > > -- > Steve R. Anold, chicago, ill. > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
