33.0g Unclassified HED Meteorite | Fragment with CRUST!

33.0g Unclassified HED Meteorite | Fragment with CRUST!

$495.00
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  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

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