Meteorite Tisserlitine 007 Eucrite – Natural, Uncut, 45 g

This 45.3 g natural specimen comes from the official meteorite Tisserlitine 007, fragments of which were discovered in 2025 in Mali in the Sahara region during local search activities.

Features
• Name: Tisserlitine 007
• Type: Achondrite (HED meteorite)
• Classification: Eucrite – melt breccia
• Dimensions: approx. 40 × 36 × 27 mm
• Weight (Total): 45.3 g
• Origin: Likely from asteroid 4 Vesta (HED parent body)
• Found: Gao region, Mali
• Condition: Natural, uncut specimen
• Discovery Date: 2025
• Certification: Included, issued by an ICMA member

Scientific and Physical Characteristics
Tisserlitine 007 is an officially recognized eucrite meteorite, listed in the Meteoritical Bulletin as a valid approved meteorite. The classification was confirmed through mineralogical and petrographic analysis and published in Meteoritical Bulletin No. 114.
The meteorite was recovered in February 2025 in the Gao region of Mali, within the Sahara desert. The total known mass reported for the find is approximately 30 kg, consisting of several fragments recovered in the same locality.
Petrographic examination classifies the meteorite as a eucrite melt breccia, composed of numerous eucritic lithic clasts embedded in a recrystallized impact-melt matrix. Individual clasts can reach several millimeters in size and display basaltic to gabbroic textures, typical for crustal rocks from differentiated planetary bodies.
Mineralogically, the rock consists primarily of low-Ca pyroxene and calcic plagioclase, with accessory phases including silica polymorphs, ilmenite, chromite-spinels, and troilite. Many pyroxene grains show shock-related exsolution lamellae, indicating formation and modification during ancient impact events on its parent body.
As a member of the HED (Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite) meteorite clan, Tisserlitine 007 is widely believed to originate from the crust of the differentiated asteroid 4 Vesta, one of the largest bodies in the asteroid belt. Eucrites represent basaltic volcanic material formed early in solar system history.
This natural specimen therefore represents primitive basaltic crustal material from a differentiated asteroid, offering collectors and researchers a tangible piece of early planetary formation in the solar system.