NWA 14869 Diogenite melt breccia 4.10 g Amethyst This brownish stone shows moderate

This brownish stone shows moderate weathering (W3) and minimal shock (S1)

Weight: 41

Type: Enstatite Chondrite (EL Melt Rock) Main Mass

with plagioclase grains about 25 µm in size — typical of type 5 metamorphism

The Talsint meteorite is classified as a mesosiderite stony-iron meteorite

NWA 14869 Diogenite melt breccia 4.10 g Amethyst This brownish stone shows moderateNWA 14869 Diogenite melt breccia NWA 14869 is a fascinating HED achondrite belonging to the Diogenite melt breccia group. This rare meteorite was purchased in Talsint, Morocco, in January 2022 and classified by A. Greshake (MNB). The meteorite consists of many small light brownish fragments, some showing traces of fusion crust. Its texture reveals an achondritic melt breccia made up of zoned low Ca pyroxene crystals reaching up to 3 mm, with lesser