Ain Ben Tili 007 Διογενιτικός αχονίτης - Ύψος: 41 mm - Πλάτος: 37 mm - 65.9 g - (1)

Ain Ben Tili 007 — 65.9 g Diogenite

Offered here is an attractive 65.9g individual stone of Ain Ben Tili 007, an achondritic meteorite classified as a diogenite and belonging to the HED meteorite

A DIFFERENTIATED ASTEROID ROCK

Diogenites are fundamentally different from ordinary chondrites. They are achondritic, igneous rocks originating from a differentiated parent body and consist predominantly of pyroxene.

Ain Ben Tili 007 therefore represents material that underwent geological differentiation and crystallisation on another body in the Solar System rather than preserving the primitive chondrules characteristic of ordinary chondrites.

Diogenites belong to the HED clan — howardites, eucrites and diogenites — a remarkable family of differentiated meteorites. The HED parent body is widely associated with asteroid 4 Vesta, although scientifically it is more precise to describe Vesta as the strongly supported parent-body interpretation rather than to claim that the individual meteorite's launch location is known directly.

AN EXCELLENT DISPLAY SPECIMEN

Meteorite: Ain Ben Tili 007
Classification: Achondrite — Diogenite
Group: HED
Specimen type: individual
Weight: 65.9 g.

PROVENANCE NOTE

This particular specimen was acquired directly from the original finder/source of the Ain Ben Tili 007 material.

It should be noted that this individual does not originate from the specific mass submitted for the official classification. Additional material from the same find remained with the original source, from whom this specimen was obtained directly.

This information is provided for complete transparency regarding the provenance of the offered specimen and should not be interpreted as implying that it formed part of the material originally submitted for classification.


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