6.45" Eucrite Meteorite Slice (183.2 g) - From 4 Vesta Minor-Planet

This is a large, 6.45" wide (183.2 gram) slice of the Eucrite meteorite, NWA 15658. This is probably the most affordable Eucrite currently on the market.

NWA 15658 is an HED polymict eucrite originating from the dwarf planet Vesta in the asteroid belt. This is a more recent find: the main mass being a 5.8 kilogram stone was purchased from a Moroccan dealer in 2022. When sliced it reveals large and variable basaltic clasts surrounded by a dark shock-melt matrix that displays flow textures in places.

Eucrite Meteorites - Fragments Of 4 Vesta

Eucrites are achondritic stony meteorites thought to have originated from the surface of the giant asteroid (or minor planet) 4 Vesta. Vesta is the second largest body in the asteroid belt, measuring 326 miles wide. Like Earth, it has the differentiated layers of crust, mantle, and core common to rocky planets: this may mean that 4 Vesta is the remnant of a larger destroyed planet.

Eucrites consist of basaltic rock from Vesta's crust ejected during a collision with another asteroid. Eucrites are mostly composed of calcium-poor pyroxene, pigeonite, and calcium-rich plagioclase (anorthite). Vesta is currently one of just seven identified solar system bodies of which we have physical samples.

A true color image of 4 Vesta taken by NASA's Dawn probe in July of 2011.
A true color image of 4 Vesta taken by NASA's Dawn probe in July of 2011.
FOR SALE
$1,195
DETAILS
TYPE
Eucrite Melt Breccia
LOCATION
Northwest Africa
SIZE
6.45 x 6.10", .14" thick, 183.2 grams
ITEM
#302223