Table 1. Meteorite collection statistics.
| Meteorite class | Iron and stony-iron | Others |
|---|---|---|
| LaPaz Icefield MSZ finds (Antarctica) | 5 (0.3%) | 1,665 (99.7%) |
| Frontier Mountains MSZ finds (Antarctica) | 0 (0.0%) | 798 (100.0%) |
| Total Antarctic Finds (all search programmes) | 239 (0.7%) | 34,688 (99.3%) |
| Rest of world falls | 60 (5.5%) | 1,037 (94.5%) |
| Rest of world finds (excluding falls) | 1,145 (6.9%) | 15,505 (93.1%) |
MSZ, meteorite stranding zone.
Statistics of classified named meteorite stones including the number and percentage of iron-based meteorite finds from the LaPaz Icefield MSZ Antarctica; Frontier Mountain MSZ Antarctica; the whole of Antarctica; the number of observed (and then collected) meteorite ‘falls' from the world excluding Antarctica; and the number of meteorite ‘finds' from the world excluding Antarctica. Data is taken from the Meteoritical Society bulletin of classified and named meteorite samples4, updated as of 18 December 2015. We note that this official data set does not include named meteorites with only provisional or undocumented meteorites names. Iron meteorites include all iron groups. Stony-iron meteorites include pallasites and mesosiderite types.