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No. 83772115

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Diogenite HED Achondrite Meteorite (unclassified) - with fusion crust and contraction cracks - Height: 24 mm - Width: 39 mm - 12.1 g
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2 weeks ago

Diogenite HED Achondrite Meteorite (unclassified) - with fusion crust and contraction cracks - Height: 24 mm - Width: 39 mm - 12.1 g

Francesco Moser

Selected by Francesco Moser

12.1 gram fragment of an achondrite meteorite (very likely diogenite) with extensive yellow/greenish pyroxene crystals and black chromite crystals dispersed throughout the meteorite and moreover some nice fusion crust. Parent Body: Vesta (the biggest of the solar system close to be considered as a dwarf planet like Pluto, Ceres, Sedna...) The Vesta mineralogical composition has been probed and mapped by the NASA spacecraft DAWN in 2011 during more than a year. Comes in a membrane storage/display box. NO RESERVE PRICE ! Please note: sorry, no shipping to Asia, Africa, South America, Russia, Turkey and Switzerland

No. 83772115

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Diogenite HED Achondrite Meteorite (unclassified) - with fusion crust and contraction cracks - Height: 24 mm - Width: 39 mm - 12.1 g

Diogenite HED Achondrite Meteorite (unclassified) - with fusion crust and contraction cracks - Height: 24 mm - Width: 39 mm - 12.1 g

12.1 gram fragment of an achondrite meteorite (very likely diogenite)
with extensive yellow/greenish pyroxene crystals and black chromite crystals
dispersed throughout the meteorite and moreover some nice fusion crust.

Parent Body: Vesta (the biggest of the solar system close to be considered as a
dwarf planet like Pluto, Ceres, Sedna...)

The Vesta mineralogical composition has been probed and mapped by the
NASA spacecraft DAWN in 2011 during more than a year.

Comes in a membrane storage/display box. NO RESERVE PRICE !

Please note: sorry, no shipping to Asia, Africa, South America, Russia, Turkey and
Switzerland


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