08956 - Fragment 2.501 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Ptychagnostus cuyanus Brazil (3)

Brazil (3)

The front and back has been cut and polished to a high gloss finish

UNM Type spec mass (g): 12 Type spec location: UNM Main mass: Ruben Garcia Comments: Submitted by C

(eds): Proceedings of the First Mosasaur Meeting

†Nileus sp

08956 - Fragment 2.501 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Ptychagnostus cuyanus Brazil (3)Beautiful 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