Tatahouine
Achondrite, Calcium-poor diogenite
Witnessed fall June 27, 1931, 0130hrs
Foum Tatahouine, Tunisia


At 1:30 am, fragments fell over a radius of 500 meters, 4 km NE of a small village in Tunisia. Local Bedouins collected over 12 kg of mostly minute fragments. Because the larger mass blew apart late in its entry, the hypersthene crystals were not melted and fusion crust is virtually absent, making this a difficult meteorite to recognize. The meteortie is a light olive-green, translucent-opaque, and is criss-crossed by small black veinlets. The total weight recovered is ~13.5 kg. mostly in 1-4 gram fragments . Diogenites, howardites, eucrites form a group of meteorites known as HED and the hypothesized parent body of the HED group is asteroid 4 Vesta.

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Tatahouine  Achondrite, Calcium-poor diogenite
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$25.00

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