NWA 5480 Olivine Diogenite Meteorites for Sale
Location: Northwest Africa, exact location unknown.
Found: 2008.
Type: Diogenite; Olivine diogenite
Description: A fresh, dense, heterogeneous rock. It consists of 57 vol.% olivine (Fa30.2, FeO/MnO = 46.6) and 42 vol.% orthopyroxene (Fs24.8Wo1.8, FeO/MnO = 25.6) with minor chromite [Cr/(Cr+Al) = 0.828, TiO2 = 0.71 wt.%], troilite and Ni-free metal; Plagioclase is absent; Olivine occurs as brown polygranular clusters and as tiny rounded grains within larger yellow-green oikocrysts of orthopyroxene; most chromite is very fine grained but sporadic, larger grains are up to 1.5 cm across. At hand specimen scales, olivine is seen to be distributed in schlieren-like bands, possibly consistent with magmatic or plastic flow within a stress field. We suggest that NWA 5480 may be a sample of the Vestan mantle, representing a partial melting residue that has experienced recrystallization and plastic deformation at relatively high temperatures and pressures.
Modified from: http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2009/pdf/2466.pdfLink to Meteoritical Bulletin Database.
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| # NWA5480-6-3 | # NWA5480-10-9 | # NWA5480-11-1 | # NWA5480-11-81 | 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: 6.3 gm | Weight: 10.9 gm | Weight: 11.1 gm | Weight: 11.8 gm | |
| Features: Wedge slice | Features:Wedge slice | Features: Slice | Features: Slice | |
| Price: $169 | Price: $288 | Price: $294 | Price: $312 |
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| # NWA5480-12-0 | # NWA5480-14-11 | # NWA5480-14-8 | # NWA5480-18-7 |
| Weight: 12.0 gm | Weight: 14.1 gm | Weight: 14.8 gm | Weight: 18.7 gm |
| Features: End | Features: End | Features: Slice | Features: Slice |
| Price: sold | Price: $372 | Price: $390 | Price: $491 |
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