Tataouine meteorite Origin: Tataouine, Tunisia
Discovery: fall observed on June 27, 1931
Type: achondrite, Diogénite (HED)
TKW (total known mass): 12 kg
Mass: 2.01 g
Achondrite Diogénite , classified in HED meteorites (Howardite, Eucrite, Diogénite ).
Not to be missed…
Member of the Meteoritical Society (MetSoc #6863) and International Meteorite Collectors Association (IMCA #2093) and the Global Meteorite Association (GMA #0052), we provide a certificate guaranteeing the authenticity of our meteorites.
The scale cube measures 1 cm (not included in the sale).
For the record
This meteorite is believed to come from the asteroid Vesta.
Its beautiful green color is characteristic, it’s a bit like “Superman’s kryptonite”.
Its fall was observed on June 27, 1931 around 1:30 a.m. by the population and a French garrison.
The next day, legionnaires found fragments which were transmitted to the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.
Analyzed and inventoried, these new meteorite fragments were forgotten until 1994.
It was thanks to the heightened curiosity of an enthusiast, Doctor of Sciences Alain Carion, that Tataouine was rediscovered.