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Fragment of the Northwest Africa (NWA) 8563 Meteorite.

Steve Jurvetson from Los Altos, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons or Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/2iUXxmy

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Main Mass of NWA 8563 — a Rare Monomict Eucrite Meteorite from Asteroid 4 Vesta

I am in awe of its cosmic beauty. From SpaceCom: "Unlike most asteroids, the interior of Vesta is differentiated. Like the terrestrial planets, the asteroid has a crust of cooled lava covering a rocky mantle and an iron and nickel core.
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