4.3" Eucrite Meteorite Slice (67 g) - From 4 Vesta Minor-Planet

Eucrite Meteorite Slice ( g) - From Vesta Minor-Planet #266496

This is a 4.3" wide (67 gram) slice of an Eucrite meteorite from Morocco. The polishing work on this piece is excellent with one side polished to a glossy finish. Classification on this meteorite in pending, so it will receive an NWA XXXX name, once the classification is formalized.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

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.