08964 - Fragment 0.432 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Kierarges †Homalopteon

†Homalopteon

†Hollardops sp

Meteoraspis

They only have some fractures that have been glued and slightly filled

a bright fireball was observed by several people in the region of the Oued Drâa valley

08964 - Fragment 0.432 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Kierarges †HomalopteonBeautiful 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