.98" Eucrite Meteorite (16.77 g) - NWA 8224 Main Mass

Eucrite Meteorite ( g) - NWA Main Mass #263810

This is a .98" wide (16.77 gram) eucrite meteorite, NWA 8224. The entirety of this meteorite find was 22 grams, with this being the main mass. The only other piece of the meteorite being a 4.7g polished section held at the University of Washington which the meteorite was described from. This is your chance to be a main mass holder and own a meteorite that no other private collector will have!

Meteoritical Bulletin: Entry for the NWA 8224 meteorite

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.