08965 - Fragment 0.323 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Herrings Mineral chemistry: Olivine Fa 27

Mineral chemistry: Olivine Fa 27

but more typically as irregular masses and fracture fillings

Ruben Garcia holds the main mass

Plagioclase: An38

08965 - Fragment 0.323 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Herrings Mineral chemistry: Olivine Fa 27Beautiful 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