NWA 2490 was discovered in the Sahara Desert in Morocco, Africa during 2002. A single stone weighing just 60g was found and has since been classified as a very rare transitional H/L3 Chondrite. This meteorite has a Shock Rating of 2 and a Weathering Level of 3.

As evident in the photos below, there are a number of interesting areas in the meteorite. First, is the variable chondrule field towards the top/centre of the specimen which displays an obvious darker matrix. This section is enlarged in the third image. There is also the other field of different chondrules towards the bottom/right where they look to be less metamorphosed than the other majority. In fact a few even look to have been in a plastic state when they accreted. Finally there is the black fragment inclusion on the far centre left which has been enlarged in the last image. While it looks to be very out of place and most likely is from a different origin (carbonaceous?), there are complete chondrules similar to the others totally encased within this inclusion. These type of inclusions have been theorised to be heavily altered pieces of CM or CI material with phantom chondrules. This specimen is part of the Meteorites Australia Collection (MA.05.0002).