NWA 7185 CV3 Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorites for Sale

Location: Northwest Africa, exact location unknown.

Found: 2009.

Type: CV3 Carbonaceous Chondrite.

Description: History: Purchased by Eric Twelker from a dealer in Agadir, Morocco in 2009 October. Petrography: Flattened, elliptical to rounded, mostly granular chondrules (some rimmed) plus sparse fine-grained CAIs in a red-brown matrix. Geochemistry: Olivine (Fa_1.1-35.2), orthopyroxene (Fs_1.0-2.4Wo_0.9±0.0), clinopyroxene (Fs_1.0-9.6Wo_47.4-49.3).

Note: Most of these specimens are polished on one side and sanded on the other. Some of the photographs below show polish and some sanding. This meteorite is similar to NWA 1465 in appearance.

Link to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.

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# NWA7185-3-2	# NWA7185-4-2	# NWA7185-4-6	# NWA7185-8-5	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: 3.2 gm	Weight: 4.2 gm	Weight: 4.6 gm	Weight: 8.5 gm
Features: Slice of fragment	Features: Slice of fragment	Features: Slice of fragment	Features: Slice of fragment
Price: $31	Price: $39	Price: $42	Price: $73


# NWA7185-8-8	# NWA7185-10-3	# NWA7185-11-1	# NWA7185-11-5	# NWA7185-11-61
Weight: 8.8 gm	Weight: 10.3 gm	Weight: 7.3 gm	Weight: 11.5gm	Weight: 11.6 gm
Features: Slice of fragment	Features: Slice of fragment	Features: Slice of fragment	Features: Slice of fragment	Features: Slice of fragment
Price: $75	Price: $87	Price: $94	Price: $97	Price: $98


#NWA7185-12-2	# NWA7185-13-1	# NWA7185-13-8	# NWA7185-15-7	# NWA7185-45-8
Weight: 12.2 gm	Weight: 13.1 gm	Weight: 13.8 gm	Weight: 15.7 gm	Weight: 45.8 gm
Features: Slice of fragment	Features: Slice of fragment	Features: Slice of fragment	Features: End	Features: End
Price: $103	Price: $110	Price: $115	Price: $131	Price: $371