[meteorite-list] Largest single Pallasite?

From: bernd.pauli_at_paulinet.de <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Oct 26 13:04:57 2004
Message-ID: <DIIE.0000003700002B59_at_paulinet.de>

AL wrote:

> the largest intact pallasite then Huckitta at 1400 kg would
> be it (though heavily oxidized) but Esquel when found was
> 1500 kg making it the largest ever found.

Hi AL and List,

Oscar Turone once wrote:

> The original mass for Esquel was 755 kg.

This is what I also found here:

Ulff-M?ller R F. (1998) Paucity of sulfide in a large slab of Esquel: New
perspectives on pallasite formation (Meteoritics 33-2, 1998, 221-227):

"The 0.7-ton Esquel meteorite, found in Patagonia before
1951, is in most respects, a typical main-group pallasite."

> the largest intact pallasite ... Huckitta at 1400 kg

.. plus over 900 kg of iron shale !!!

> Port Orford ... is considered a hoax

John Evans' 10 tons of the Port Orford pallasite was a deliberate hoax.
His Port Orford specimen was actually a piece of the Imilac meteorite.

Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Tue 26 Oct 2004 01:04:55 PM PDT