Brian Harold Mason (18 April 1917 – 3 December 2009) was a New Zealand geochemist and mineralogist who was one of the pioneers in the study of meteorites.

[2] He played a leading part in understanding the nature of the Solar System through his studies of meteorites and lunar rocks.

He was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School and studied geology and chemistry at Canterbury University College, graduating MSc with first-class honours in 1939.

In 1943, he completed a PhD in geochemistry at the University of Stockholm under Victor Goldschmidt[citation needed] and left the country for Britain.

His third wife, Margarita C. Babb, and mother of Frank Turner, died on 3 February 2009 due to complications from multiple myeloma.