[meteorite-list] Biggest Meteorites by Type

From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:05:03 -0400
Message-ID: <4C0FC9BF.6010100_at_usgs.gov>

It depends what you mean by largest... The largest single mass ever
recovered or the largest single mass still in existence?

For Martian meteorites it almost certainly makes a difference. Yamato
000593 is still nearly intact at nearly 14 kg (I've seen it), whereas
there isn't such a large Zagami stone left, even though it weighed 18 kg
when recovered.

Jeff
On 6/9/2010 12:34 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote:
> Hi Listees!
>
> I am putting together a list of the world's largest meteorites by
> type. At first, I am concentrating on the major types and then I'll
> descend into the rabbit hole of sub-types later.
>
> Here is what I have so far -
>
> Largest Iron - Hoba
> Largest chondrite - Jilin
> Largest aubrite - Norton County
> Largest Martian meteorite - Zagami
> Largest Lunar meteorite - NWA 5000 / Kalahari 009
> Largest pallasite - Brenham
>
> If there are any errors here, please correct me. :)
>
> I'd love to hear some suggestions for the largest of other types -
> misc. achondrites, HEDO's, carbonaceous types, etc.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
> http://www.galactic-stone.com
>
>
Received on Wed 09 Jun 2010 01:05:03 PM PDT