[meteorite-list] Biggest Meteorites by Type

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 13:58:59 -0400
Message-ID: <AANLkTilLVQNdpuN3gbxZJnyQwoOjrTzpn8vbE7jLXtEW_at_mail.gmail.com>

After some feedback from the List, here is the current list again -

Largest Meteorites :

Largest carbonaceous CM1 - Moapa Valley - 691 g
Largest iron - Hoba - 60 MT
Largest chondrite - Jilin - 4 MT
Largest aubrite - Norton County - 1.1 MT
Largest Martian meteorite - Zagami - 18 kg
Largest Lunar meteorite - NWA 5000 / Kalahari 009 - 11.53 kg / 13.5 kg
Largest pallasite - Fukang - 1 MT
Largest angrite - D'Orbigny - 16.5 kg

Best regards,

MikeG
http://www.galactic-stone.com


On 6/9/10, Greg Stanley <stanleygregr at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is there any CV larger then the largest Allende?
> It has the most total weight by far, but I'm not sure about a single stone.
> NWA 2697 was a single stone weighing 9.42 kg.
>
> Greg S.
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:34:19 -0400
>> From: meteoritemike at gmail.com
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Biggest Meteorites by Type
>>
>> 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
>>
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