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1.77" Polished Eucrite Meteorite (19.9 g) Slice - Africa
This is a 1.77" wide (19.9 gram) stony (achondrite) meteorite from northwestern Africa. It is a HED-eucrite largely composed of melt breccia, creating large, highly contrasted grains.
This specimen has been sliced and polished on one side.
This specimen has been sliced and polished on one side.
Eucrite Meteorites - Fragments Of 4 Vesta
Eucrites are achondritic stony meteorites thought to have originated from the surface of the giant asteroid (or minor planet) 4 Vesta. Vesta is the second largest body in the asteroid belt, measuring 326 miles wide. Like Earth, it has the differentiated layers of crust, mantle, and core common to rocky planets: this may mean that 4 Vesta is the remnant of a larger destroyed planet.
Eucrites consist of basaltic rock from Vesta's crust ejected during a collision with another asteroid. Eucrites are mostly composed of calcium-poor pyroxene, pigeonite, and calcium-rich plagioclase (anorthite). Vesta is currently one of just seven identified solar system bodies of which we have physical samples.
A true color image of 4 Vesta taken by NASA's Dawn probe in July of 2011.
Eucrites are achondritic stony meteorites thought to have originated from the surface of the giant asteroid (or minor planet) 4 Vesta. Vesta is the second largest body in the asteroid belt, measuring 326 miles wide. Like Earth, it has the differentiated layers of crust, mantle, and core common to rocky planets: this may mean that 4 Vesta is the remnant of a larger destroyed planet.
Eucrites consist of basaltic rock from Vesta's crust ejected during a collision with another asteroid. Eucrites are mostly composed of calcium-poor pyroxene, pigeonite, and calcium-rich plagioclase (anorthite). Vesta is currently one of just seven identified solar system bodies of which we have physical samples.
A true color image of 4 Vesta taken by NASA's Dawn probe in July of 2011.
TYPE
Eucrite, Melt Breccia
LOCATION
Northwestern Africa
SIZE
1.77 x 1.63 x 0.2", 19.9 grams
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#247014
