08971 - Fragment 0.187 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Thorectichthys rhadinus Under binocular loupes you can

Under binocular loupes you can even see the wing details

and silicoapatite

Beautiful example of a cut and polished 4

Unidentified genus within the family Bothremydidae

08971 - Fragment 0.187 g NWA Unclassified Diogenite Achondrite Meteorite Thorectichthys rhadinus Under binocular loupes you canBeautiful 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