08960 - Fragment 0.975 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Diogenites transition zone/lower shoreface

transition zone/lower shoreface

The broken and subsequently glued areas are indicated in one of the images

It has some tiny glued but not restored fractures

This is a small jewel of the sites in the south of Morocco

08960 - Fragment 0.975 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Diogenites transition zone/lower shorefaceBeautiful 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