NWA 5491 CV3 Carbonaceous Chondrite
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Location: Northwest Africa, exact location unknown.
Found: 2007.
Type: CV3 Carbonaceous Chondrite.
Description: History: Purchased by Eric Twelker in September 2007 from a dealer in Taliouine, Morocco. Petrography: (A. Irving, UWS and P. Carpenter, WUSL ) Well-formed granular, BO and PO chondrules (apparent diameter 710 ± 450 µm, N = 25) plus irregularly-shaped, very fine grained CAI are set in a fine grained matrix (~20 vol.%, sepia brown in thin section). Accessory phases include kamacite, taenite, Cr- magnetite and pentlandite. One unusual chondrule contains barred olivine plus interstitial melilite accompanied by minor gypsum . Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa 20.4±21.3 , range Fa 1.7-59.2 , N = 8), low-Ca pyroxene (Fs 0.8±0.1 Wo 1.0±0.5 , range Fs 0.8-0.9 Wo 0.7-1.6 , N =3), diopside (Fs 0.8±0.4 Wo 43.8±0.6 , range Fs 0.0.5-1.1 Wo 44.2-43.3 , N =23), magnetite (Cr 2 O 3 = 1.2-1.5 wt.%, N = 2). Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CV3).
Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database .
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| # NWA5491-2-5 | # NWA5491-2-81 | # NWA5491-3-81 | # NWA5491-4-6 | About Scale: Each photo has a small one centimeter cube. That's a little less than a half inch on a side. The coin above is a US dime. |
| Weight: 2.5 gm | Weight: 2.8 gm | Weight: 3.8 gm | Weight: 4.6 gm | |
| Features: End | Features: End | Features: Slice of fragment | Features: Part slice | |
| Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: $51 | Price: $55 |
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| # NWA5491-4-81 | # NWA5491-5-6 | # NWA5491-5-72 | # NWA5491-6-81 | # NWA5491-6-21 |
| Weight: 4.8 gm | Weight: 5.6 gm | Weight: 5.7 gm | Weight: 6.8 gm | Weight: 6.2 gm |
| Features: Slice of fragment | Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice | Features: Part slice |
| Price: sold | Price: $72 | Price: $62 | Price: $87 | Price: $67 |
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| # NWA5491-11-1 | # NWA5491-18-2 | # NWA5491-18-3 | # NWA5491-20-0 | # NWA5491-20-8 |
| Weight: 11.1 gm | Weight: 18.2 gm | Weight: 18.3 gm | Weight: 20.0 gm | Weight: 20.8 gm |
| Features: Slice of fragment | Features: End | Features: Slice | Features: Slice | Features: Slice |
| Price: $138 | Price: $223 | Price: sold | Price: sold | Price: sold |
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