NWA 17490 – LL4 Ordinary Chondrite Meteorite Slice 195g LL6 Of the tens of thousands

Of the tens of thousands of meteorites catalogued by the Meteoritical Society

Subcategory: Morocco Red Quartz

No fusion crust is present

Brilliant blue azurite accents emerge through the malachite

MoroccoSize: 56 × 55  x 19   mm

NWA 17490 – LL4 Ordinary Chondrite Meteorite Slice 195g LL6 Of the tens of thousandsA Window Into the Early Solar System Cut Open for You Somewhere in the Sahara Desert, buried under sand and time, lay a rock that had been traveling through space for billions of years. Found near Guelmin, Morocco in 2024, Northwest Africa 17490 made its final journey into the hands of collectors. This 195 gram slice has been cut to reveal what no human eye had ever seen before: the pristine interior of an ancient LL4 chondrite, frozen in the moment