Orig.[meteorite-list] Thuathe question(s); now largest main mass
From: fcressy <fcressy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:18:31 2004 Message-ID: <001e01c2de29$2fc41440$c2531c43_at_pavilion> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C2DDE6.206B1360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Joel and all, If I'm not mistaken the largest main mass of a chondrite is Jilin at 1.9 = tons. A total of 4 tons of fragments fell in China on March 8, 1976. I'm = familiar with this as it's my "birthday" meteorite ;-) The largest achondrite main mass is the Norton County aubrite at 2360 = pounds. It fell on February 18, 1948. As these are both falls does anyone know what the largest stoney find = is? Regards, Frank ----- Original Message -----=20 From: J. Warren=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 7:45 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Thuathe question(s) Dear List... I read that the main mass has been found and was enroute to = someone. Any idea on its size? This also got me to wondering. We know = the Iron main masses can get pretty large, but, what is the largest = known main mass of a chondrite? =20 Thanks! =20 Joel ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C2DDE6.206B1360 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hi Joel and all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>If I'm not mistaken the largest main mass of a = chondrite is=20 Jilin at 1.9 tons. A total of 4 tons of fragments fell in China on March = 8,=20 1976. I'm familiar with this as it's my "birthday" meteorite = ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>The largest achondrite main mass is the Norton = County aubrite=20 at 2360 pounds. It fell on February 18, 1948.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>As these are both falls does anyone know what the = largest=20 stoney find is?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Frank</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:parrothead_at_arn.net" title=3Dparrothead@arn.net>J. = Warren</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com"=20 = title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>meteorite-list@meteoritecentr= al.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 26, = 2003 7:45=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] = Thuathe=20 question(s)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear List...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I read that the = main mass has=20 been found and was enroute to someone. Any idea on its = size? This=20 also got me to wondering. We know the Iron main masses can get = pretty=20 large, but, what is the largest known main mass of a = chondrite?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>Joel</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001B_01C2DDE6.206B1360-- Received on Thu 27 Feb 2003 01:26:37 AM PST |
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