Lot 954
Gem Quality Crystals in Vesta Meteorite. Vesta is the second largest asteroid in the asteroid belt with a diameter of over 326 miles and a gigantic impact crater at its South Pole that is so deep that it exposes the asteroids interior. There are three types of Achondrites that originate from Vesta collectively known as HED's, Howardites. Eucrites and Diagenites. Diagenites are the rarest of the three types of stony meteorites and originate from deep beneath the surface of Vesta. This 3 x 2" 14.6 gram complete slice from NWA 7831 is from one of the rare Diagenites and is unique as a Diagenite because it contains translucent gem quality yellow- green crystals of orthopyroxene in its stony matrix. This is unique in stony meteorites and looks somewhat like a Pallasite, an iron-nickel meteorite with olivine crystals. This unique and desirable Diagenite is an achondrite and non-magnetic and was found in Morocco in March 2013 with only one 20 Kg meteorite that was broken into 45 specimens. $850 - 1,100
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