Fresh 119 g specimen with green matrix and ink black fusion crust coating ~ 60 percent oft he meteorite‘s surface. The Johnston-like diogenite shows a coarse grained, cataclastic texture of impressively large pyroxene crytals. The specimen is pictured on p. 3 of the Meteorite Recon documentary on fusion crust as an example of corrasion effects (mechanical abrasion) on meteorite fusion crusts.
Acquired by Svend Buhl for the Meteorite-Recon collection.
| Northwest Africa 5597, 119 gm individual | |
| Provisional | |
| Class: | HED achondrite, diogenie (ADIO) |
| Location: | Outat el Hadj, Morocco |
| Found: | 2007 |
| TKW: | 171.5 gm |
| Classifier: | MNB; Dr. Svend Buhl, Muehlendamm 8, 22087 Hamburg, Germany; A. Greshake (MNB) |
Available: $1,695.00 USD