00007 - Rare 4.0g Impact Melt Breccia IMB Polished Section Chondrite Meteorite Foulonia Subtaxa: Acanthopyge (Acanthopyge)

Subtaxa: Acanthopyge (Acanthopyge)

Several of the smaller pieces

EREMIASAURUS

Physical characteristics: Six black fragments with shiny crust

00007 - Rare 4.0g Impact Melt Breccia IMB Polished Section Chondrite Meteorite Foulonia Subtaxa: Acanthopyge (Acanthopyge)Impact melt breccias are the result of a major shock between asteroids and parent bodies. They can be of a chondritic or an achondritic source, they range from simple shock veins up to complete melting of the rock source (over 20 GPa). The authenticity of this specimen is guaranteed by the geologist Juan Avils Poblador, member of International Meteorite Collectors Association (IMCA 5681).