Brian Harold Mason (1917–2009) was a New Zealand born geochemist and mineralogist who was one of the pioneers in the study of meteorites.
Mason has played a leading part in understanding the nature of the solar system through his studies of meteorites and lunar rocks.
Mason has also examined and classified thousands of meteorites collected from Antarctica.
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