[meteorite-list] Kalahari 009 - biggest lunar meteorite?

From: Michael Gilmer <michael_w_gilmer_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:14:34 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <795980.91807.qm_at_web58405.mail.re3.yahoo.com>

Hi Adam,

That's interesting backstory behind NWA 5000. Thanks for sharing
it. I noticed a typo in my last post, I meant to say that "AFAIK,
DaG 400 is the second largest lunaite". Does anyone keep or
maintain a list of the largest lunar or martian meteorites? It
would be interesting to see a Hall of Fame or Top-10 of lunars in
terms of confirmed mass. Has anyone ever seen a photo of
Kalahari 009 or is it a phantom specimen? I had never heard of it
until someone mentioned it to me.

Best regards,

MikeG

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Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:50:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Kalahari 009 - biggest lunar meteorite?
To: Adam <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
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Hi Mike and List Members,

An interesting fact about NWA 5000 is that it actually weighed more than the claimed weight of Kalahari 009 at one time.

Let me explain:

We weighed the main mass and liberated portion right after it was cut and it actually gained a lot of weight. The reason being is that the gabbro, unique to this lunaite, actually absorbed the chemical/mineral free coolant during cutting. The porosity is amazing. The only truly accurate way to measure the weight is after a piece is sucked to the dryness of space in a vacuum chamber. The certified weight was before any cutting took place and an accurate casting was taken.


Best Regards,

Adam



      
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