
33.0g Unclassified HED Meteorite | Fragment with CRUST!
On Offer: 33.0g Unclassified HED meteorite fragment with remaining black fusion crust. Type: Unclassified HED Parent Body: Vesta or Vestoid Description: 33.0 gram fragment of an utterly amazing unclassified HED meteorite (very likely eucrite) with fusion crust. This is very likely a eucrite, but without EMP analysis I cannot be certain. Fusion crust and lack of chondrules say "achondrite" and ourextensive experience with large quantities of classified HED specimens, tells us this unclassified meteorite is a eucrite. The HED Meteorites: The HED meteorite group is so named for the three types of meteorites that comprise the group; Howardite, Eucrite and Diogenite. The Eucrite and Diogenite are meteorites with distinct lithologies, while the Howardite is a mix of the Eucrite and Diogenite lithologies. The HEDs are differentiated achondritic meteorites previously thought to originate from Vesta, but now leading researchers are