Description

Key Details

• Classification: Achondrite (Angrite).

• Weight: 4.8 g.

• Find location: Algeria (Tindouf).

• Reference: Meteoritical Bulletin Database (LPI) https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=81288

This 4.8-gram specimen is a verified fragment of Rafsa 007, classified as a plutonic Angrite. It represents a differentiated achondrite formed from magma in the early solar system. The internal composition is dominated by coarse-grained, calcium-rich olivine, intergrown with specific pyroxenes (Al-Ti diopside) and pleonaste spinel. This mineral assemblage confirms its origin from a parent body that underwent significant thermal processing and differentiation.