08960 - Fragment 0.975 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Diogenites This is a small jewel
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
This is a small jewel of the sites in the south of Morocco
Fortey & Rushton
Finest grade Carcharodontosaurus tooth
MAASTRICHTIAN OF ANGOLA
Impact melt-rock clasts
08960 - Fragment 0.975 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Diogenites This is a small jewelBeautiful 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