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==Other nickel-iron meteorites found on Mars== Following the identification of Heat Shield Rock as a meteorite, five similar iron meteorites were discovered by ''Opportunity'' (informally named "[[Block Island meteorite|Block Island]]", "Ireland"<ref name="Meteorites">{{Cite journal |last1=Fairén |first1=A. G. |last2=Dohm |first2=J. M. |last3=Baker |first3=V. R. |last4=Thompson |first4=S. D. |last5=Mahaney |first5=W. C. |last6=Herkenhoff |first6=K. E. |last7=Rodríguez |first7=J. A. P. |last8=Davila |first8=A. F. |last9=Schulze-Makuch |first9=D. | last10 = El Maarry | first10 = M. Ramy |last11=Uceda |first11=Esther R. |last12=Amils |first12=Ricardo |last13=Miyamoto |first13=Hirdy |last14=Kim |first14=Kyeong J. |last15=Anderson |first15=Robert C. |last16=McKay |first16=Christopher P. |doi=10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01297.x |bibcode=2011M&PS...46.1832F |title=Meteorites at Meridiani Planum provide evidence for significant amounts of surface and near-surface water on early Mars |journal=Meteoritics & Planetary Science |volume=46 |issue=12 |pages=1832–1841 |date=December 2011|s2cid=140151587 | display-authors = 8|doi-access=free }}</ref> "[[Mackinac Island meteorite|Mackinac Island]]", "[[Oileán Ruaidh (Mars rock)|Oileán Ruaidh]]" and "[[Shelter Island meteorite|Shelter island]]"). Two nickel-iron meteorites were identified by the [[Spirit (rover)|''Spirit'']] rover (informally named "Allan Hills" and "Zhong Shan"). One nickel-iron meteorite has been identified by the [[Curiosity (rover)|''Curiosity'']] rover, tagged "Lebanon."<ref>NASA, [http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/?ImageID=6433 Curiosity Finds Iron Meteorite on Mars], July 15, 2014 (accessed September 3, 2014)</ref> In addition, several candidate stony meteorites have also been identified on Mars.
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