08960 - Fragment 0.975 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Diogenites Unwin 2001 and Unwin 2003

Unwin 2001 and Unwin 2003

Finest grade Carcharodontosaurus tooth

The matrix contains 50% of plagioclase

This is a small jewel of the sites in the south of Morocco

Many of the characters of the mineral vary with the amount of iron present for instance

08960 - Fragment 0.975 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Diogenites Unwin 2001 and Unwin 2003Beautiful fragment of this Diogenite achondrite meteorite. Diogenites are a group of the HED meteorite clan, a type of achondritic stony meteorites. Diogenites are currently believed to originate from deep within the crust of the asteroid 4 Vesta, and as such are part of the HED meteorite clan. There are about 40 distinct members known. Diogenites are composed of igneous rocks of plutonic origin, having solidified slowly enough deep within Vesta's