NWA 5491 CV3 Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorites for Sale

Location: Northwest Africa, exact location unknown.

Found: 2007.

Type: CV3 Carbonaceous Chondrite.

Description: S2, W2, Fa mol% 1.2-55, Fs mol% 1.2-24, Wo Mol% 1.9-14. Analysis by T Bunch. Pending listing in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database.

Note: In the mid-2000s, Ted Bunch was an important source of classifications. While institutions would classify meteorites in some cases, often at no cost, it was not unusual for the process to take many months or even years. Ted filled this gap by providing timely low cost classifications using the facilities at Northern Arizona University. Ultimately, he was overwhelmed with the work and personal matters and lost track of many samples. An attempt was made to satisfy the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society of those classifications that were known, but this was not successful in many cases. Some finds have been reanalyzed, but some including this one, have not.

Update: Dr. Anthony Irving is currently (1/23/21) reanalyzing this material and I expect it will be accepted as official soon.Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.

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# NWA5491-5	# NWA5491-7	# NWA5491-3-93	#NWA5491-4-0	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: 0.5 gm	Weight: 0.7 gm	Weight: 3.9 gm	Weight: 4.0 gm
Features: Part slice	Features: Part slice	Features: Part slice	Features: Part slice
Price: sold	Price: sold	Price: $44	Price: sold


# NWA5491-4-61	# NWA5491-5-02	# NWA5491-5-2	# NWA5491-5-51	# NWA5491-5-71
Weight: 4.6 gm	Weight: 5.0 gm	Weight: 5.2 gm	Weight: 5.5 gm	Weight: 5.7 gm
Features: Part slice	Features: Part slice	Features: Part slice	Features: Part slice	Features: Part slice
Price: $51	Price: $55	Price: sold	Price: sold	Price: sold


# NWA5491-5-72	# NWA5491-6-21	# NWA5491-6-4	# NWA5491-9-5	# NWA5491-11-4
Weight: 5.7 gm	Weight: 6.2 gm	Weight: 6.4 gm	Weight: 9.5 gm	Weight: 11.4 gm
Features: Part slice	Features: Part slice	Features: End	Features: End	Features: End
Price: $62	Price: $67	Price: sold	Price: $100	Price: sold