08955 - Fragment 8.492 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Ceratodus Not resotred or glued
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
Not resotred or glued
Norway (1)
Sister taxa: Ankistrorhynchus
planar deformation features
Purchased: 2018
08955 - Fragment 8.492 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Ceratodus Not resotred or gluedBeautiful fragment of this Diogenite achondrite meteorite. Diogenites are a group of the HED meteorite clan, a type of achondritic stony meteorites. Diogenites are currently believed to originate from deep within the crust of the asteroid 4 Vesta, and as such are part of the HED meteorite clan. There are about 40 distinct members known. Diogenites are composed of igneous rocks of plutonic origin, having solidified slowly enough deep within Vesta's