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5.60g Diogenite I Beautiful HED Meteorite from Asteroid 4 Vesta - TOP METEORITE For Sale
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5.60g Diogenite I Beautiful HED Meteorite from Asteroid 4 Vesta - TOP METEORITE:
$130.00
On Offer:5.60g Diogenite HED achondrite meteorite end piece
Official name: NWA Body: Vesta or VestoidDescription:5.60gramend cut of an amazing diogenitewith extensive green pyroxene crystals and blackshock veins throughout the meteorite.This end piece offers a view of the outside as well as to the interior of the meteorite.
The HED Meteorites: The HED meteorite group is so named for the three types of meteorites that comprise the group; Howardite, Eucrite and Diogenite. The Eucrite and Diogenite have distinct mineralogies, the Howardite is abreccia of the Eucrite and Diogenite.The HEDs are differentiated achondritic meteorites thought to originate from Vesta,or a smaller Vesta-like asteroid known as a vestoid.What you get:5.60gdiogenitemeteorite specimen for the NWA 16081 classification, as shown, & signed Certificate of Authenticity.
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Abbreviation:NWA 16081
Observed fall:No
Year found:2023
Country:Niger
Mass:419 is 1 of 515 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite.[show all]
Search for other:Achondrites,Diogenites, andHED achondrites
Comments:Approved 21 Aug 2023WriteupWriteup from MB 112:
Northwest Africa 16081(NWA 16081) Niger Purchased: January 2023 Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite) History: Purchased by J. Eisler from a meteorite dealer in Mauritania who purchased it from the finder in Niger. Physical characteristics: Two stones of approximate equal size and one slightly smaller stone, each partially covered in black fusion crust with exposed areas showing a light colored interior with a slight green hue. Petrography: (D. Dickens, CCMS and R. G. Mayne,TCU) This meteorite is composed predominately of orthopyroxene with subhedral grains of up to 1mm. Most orthopyroxene grains show some exsolution. Minor and accesory phases include plageoclase, Ti-chromite, and silica. Geochemistry: (D. Dickens, CCMS and R. G. Mayne,TCU) low-Ca pyroxene: Fs24.0±0.5Wo2.2±1.2range Fs23.9-24.5Wo1.2-4.7, FeO/MnO=28±2, ( n=8); calcic plagioclase: An82.6±0.2range An82.4-82.7, (n=2). Classification: HED achondrite (Diogenite) Specimens: 20 g including probe mount atTCU; remainder with Mr. J. Eisler. Data from:
MB112
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Line 0:Place of purchase:MauritaniaDate:P January 2023Mass (g):419Pieces:3Class:DiogeniteShock stage:moderateWeathering grade:lowFerrosilite (mol%):24.0±0.5Wollastonite (mol%):2.2±1.2Classifier:D. Dickens, CCMS and R. G. Mayne, TCUType spec mass (g):22.3Type spec location:TCUMain mass:J. EislerComments:Field name TM01; submitted by D. Dickens; submitted by Dustin DickensInstitutions
and collectionsTCU: Oscar E. Monnig Collection, Department of Geology, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX 76129, United States;Website(institutional address; updated 24 Feb 2012)
TM: Geoscience Museum, Transvaal Museum, P. O. Box 413, Pretoria 0001, South Africa (institutional address; updated 3 Mar 2011)
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