08965 - Fragment 0.323 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Herrings Northwest Africa 12870 (NWA 12870)

Northwest Africa 12870 (NWA 12870)

France (4)

Shimada et al

584 g of this rare type of Carbonaceous Chondrite CV3

Fuscinipyge

08965 - Fragment 0.323 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Herrings Northwest Africa 12870 (NWA 12870)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