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.
. 73 gram fragment - $25.00 Item# 1877-073
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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.
. 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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