Wandering Star Meteorites


Asteroidal Achondrites - HEDO Meteorites

Here you will find a group within the achondrite class known as HEDO meteorites. They get the name from the 4 types in the group - Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite and Olivine Diogenite.

These are believed to have originated on the same parent body, the asteroid 4 Vesta.

 
NWA 1877 - Olivine Diogenite

Name: Northwest Africa 1877
Classification:
Achondrite (Olivine Diogenite)
Year found: 2003
Location: Northwest Africa
TKW:
 about 1,000 grams


A very nice Olivine Diogenite, this was (up until the discovery of NWA 5480) the deepest sample of the Asteroid Vesta.



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73 gram fragment - $25.00                             Item# 1877-073 


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Bilanga - Diogenite

Name:
Bilanga
Classification: Achondrite (Diogenite)
Witnessed Fall: October 27, 1999
Location: Bilanga, Burkina-Faso
TKW: more then 25 kg

2.8 gram fusion crusted fragment - $300.00                                    Item# B-28


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NWA 5618 - Eucrite 


NWA 5618
Classification:
Eucrite-pmict (Pending: Jean-Alix Barrat - Brest University)
Year found: 2007
Location: Northwest Africa

TKW: 179.3 grams

 

0.9 gram part slice with fusion crust - $35.00                 Item# HD9


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NWA 2481 - Eucrite

Name:
Northwest Africa 2481
Classification: Achondrite (Eucrite)
Found: 2003
TKW: 5009 grams


1.35 gram endcut - $43.00                                        Item# EU135


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