NWA 15923 Eucrite Meteorite - 20.2g (Parent Body: Asteroid)

In 2022, hunters in the Sahara Desert discovered a Eucrite meteorite now known as NWA 15923, weighing 105 kilograms. The largest stone from this discovery weighed 12 kilograms, and a 433.7-gram stone was donated to the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University. 

About Eucrite Meteorites:

Eucrites are stony achondritic meteorites believed to have originated from the surface of the giant asteroid, 4 Vesta, the second largest body in the asteroid belt, measuring 326 miles wide. Similar to Earth, Vesta has crust, mantle, and core layers, indicating a rocky planet's characteristics, suggesting that 4 Vesta could be a remnant of a larger destroyed planet.

Eucrites are made up of basaltic rock ejected from Vesta's crust during a collision with another asteroid. They predominantly consist of calcium-poor pyroxene, pigeonite, and calcium-rich plagioclase (anorthite).

About Stony Meteorites:

Stony meteorites are the most common meteorites, making up the majority of the meteorites discovered here on Earth.  They are divided into two groups: chondrites, which are some of the oldest primitive material in our entire solar system originating from large asteroids, and achondrites, which include meteorites that derived from our moon and Mars.

*Note - Lunar and Martian-originated meteorites will always be indicated as such on the listing. Any other meteorite listed will have originated from an asteroid.