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Re: Jilin - Esquel - Hoba
I own Roosevelt County 090, TKW 6.4 grams. Talk about a small meteorite!
Mike
FERNLEA4@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 30/03/99 08:56:41 GMT, you write:
>
> << Dimensions of the largest recovered individual: 117 x 93 x 84 cm.
> After a fireball and several explosions, a shower of stones fell,
> totalling about 4 tonnes and with the largest individual weighing
> 1770kg. This would indeed be the "largest" stony meteorite at the moment.
>
> The largest stony-iron I have in my database at the moment might be the
> 1500 kg Esquel pallasite (Patagonia, Argentina) - unless you have more
> recent information.
>
> The largest iron at the moment seems to be the Hoba ataxite weighing
> about 60 metric tons. >>
>
> Hello Bernd and List,
>
> Purely out of curiosity, what lies at the other extreme of the meteorite size
> scale and is the smallest, formally recognised, SINGLY recovered individual
> stone and iron? (Not including IDP's!)
>
> Best wishes,
> Rob Elliott.
> http://hometown.aol.com/fernlea4/forsale.html
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