
41.7g Unclassified HED Meteorite | Fragment with flow lines and crust
On Offer: 41.7g Unclassified HED meteorite fragment (very likely eucrite) with remaining black fusion crust on two sides as well as raised remnant flow lines one of the sides. Type: Unclassified HED Parent Body: Vesta or Vestoid Description: 41.7 gram fragment of an utterly amazing unclassified HED meteorite (very likely eucrite) with fusion crust and a few beautiful remnant flow lines. 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 starting to think they originated from a Vesta-like asteroid (not Vesta itself) that was destroyed long ago. This is because we also fi