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Re: Largest Meteorite?

To: GeoZay@aol.com
Subject: Re: Largest Meteorite?
From: Phil Bagnall <Phil@ticetboo.demon.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 21:15:49 GMT
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In your message dated Monday 9, March 1998 you wrote :
> 
> Someone asked me this morning if I heard anything about the largest meteorite
> ever found from China...replacing the Hoba West Meteorite in S. Africa? I was
> not aware that anything larger than the Hoba West was found. Does anyone know
> anything about a meteorite in China to replace the Hoba West? 
> George Zay

Hi George,

The Jilin meteorite fell on 8th March 1976. It is an H-chondrite and weighs 
1.8Mg. Several fragments were found and the fall just missed a village. Just as 
well - the main mass caused a crater 6m deep! It is the largest stone meteorite 
but nowhere near as big as the 60Mg Hoba iron.

Albest,

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Phil Bagnall
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