Taoudenni Diogenite Meteorite

Find / Fall: Find 2007
Location: Gao, Mali
Classification: Diogenite
Total Known Weight: 24.37 kg

The Taoudenni meteorite is a diogenite type achondrite meteorite. One stone weighing 24.37 kilograms was recovered from a location 15 kilometers north of Taoudenni salines. Taoudenni was found with patches of fusion crust on the stone.

Taoudenni has a cumulate texture and is composed of mostly orthopyroxene, with minor amounts of poikilitally enclosed olivine. Taoudenni has no shock features and is only moderately weathered.

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