Lot 548
METEORITE SECTION FROM VESTA. A very special type of stony meteorite known as Eucrites and be spectral analysis are know to have as their origin the asteroid Vesta. The moon, Mars and Vesta are the only planetary bodies in our solar system where we can positively identify meteorites that originated from their surface. Vesta is a very large asteroid with a diameter of over 326 miles and has a gigantic impact crater on one of its ends that is so deep that it exposes the asteroid’s interior. Eucrites are Achondrites which are the rarest of all of the stony meteorites and can only form on large differentiated bodies that have volcanic activity. About 37 small meteorites of Dhofar 007 weighing only 21Kg were found in the Dhofar region of central Oman on Dec. 4, 1999. Dhofar 007 is a brecciated cumulate that formed from the impact of a large asteroid that hit Vesta. This large 4.25 x 2.5 inch section weighing 83 grams is large enough to show both types of rocks from Vesta and the impactor with both grayish and light brown rocks mixed together with flecks of iron and also thin lines known as impact melt veins as well as its original fusion crust along the irregular edge. This important meteorite tells a story about an event that happened billions of years ago in the asteroid belt.
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Estimated Value $800 - 1,000.
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