[meteorite-list] Biggest Meteorites by Type

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 15:09:34 -0400
Message-ID: <AANLkTilDqkrZ3lmWyR8uiz6pswvXzGjf4Yj_skW9WLwZ_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Listees!

I don't think I will go into all of the petrologic sub-grades like
LL3.5, etc. I'd love to, but I think that biting off more than I can
chew. Especially given how many sub-types there are.

Here is a list of the known types and sub-types (at the end of this
post). Filling out the list to include the largest would take quite a
bit of time I think. So I think I will stick to the major types and
sub-types for the moment. :)

Current updated list -

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
Largest brachinite - NWA 4882 - 2.89 kg
Largest mesosiderite - Bondoc? - 888.6 kg
Largest CH - Acfer 366 - 1456 g
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List of all known types and sub-types :

Carbonaceous Chondrites :

CI (Ivuna)
CM1 (Mighei)
CM2 (subdivided into CM2.0 to CM2.6)
CM3
CO3 (Ornans) (subdivided into CO3.03 to CO3.7)
CV (Vigarano) (also CV2 and CV3)
CK (Karoonda) (CK4, CK5, CK6)
CR (Renazzo) (CR1, CR2, CR3)
CB (Bencubbin)
CH
CR ungrouped
C2 ungrouped
C4 ungrouped
C ungrouped

Ordinary Chondrites :

Rumuruti R3 (subdivided into R3.5-6 to R3.9)
R4
R5
R6

LL (subdivided into LL3.0 to LL3.9)
LL4
LL5
LL5/6
LL6
LL6/7
LL7
LL impact melt

LL transitional (L/LL3 to L/LL6)
L (subdivided into L3.0 to L3.9)
L4
L5
L6
L6/7
L7
L impact melt

H/L transitional (H/L3 to H/L6 IMB, H/L3.6 to H/L3-4)
H (subdivided into H3.0 to H3.9)
H4
H5
H6
H7
H impact melt

ungrouped ordinary chondrites

Enstatite Chondrites :

EL (EL3 to EL7)
EL impact melt
EH/L
EH (EH3 to EH7)
EH impact melt
ungrouped enstatite chondrites

K (Kakangari)

Meta-chondrites (M-CV, M-CR, M-H, M-LL)

Primitive Chondrites :

Acapulcoite
Lodranite
Winonaites
ungrouped primitive chondrites

Achondrites :

Howardite (subdivided into fragmental breccia and regolith breccia)
Eucrite (monomict and polymict with each having subclasses)
Diogenite (monomict and polymict)
Olivine Diogenite
Dunite
Ureilite (monomict and polymict)

Martian achondrites :

Shergottite
Pyroxene-phyric basaltic shergottite
Olivine-phyric basaltic shergottite
Olivine-orthopyroxene-phyric basaltic shergottite
Pyroxene-peridotitic (Wehrlitic) shergottite
Lherzolitic shergottite
Diabasic shergottite
Nakhlite
Chassignite
Orthopyroxenite (ALH 84001)

Lunar Achondrites :

Feldspathic breccias
Regolith breccia
Fragmental breccia
Impact melt breccia
Granulitic breccia
Mafic-rich
Thorium-rich
KREEP-rich
Mingled Breccia
Mare Basalt

Other Achondrites :

Angrites (Plutonic and Basaltic)
Brachinite
Aubrite
ungrouped achondrites (Ibitira, Pasamonte, etc)

Stony-Irons :

Mesosiderites (1A,1B,2A,2B,2C,3A,3B,4A,4B)
ungrouped mesosiderites

Pallasites (Main Group, Eagle Station group, Pyroxene group)
Pallasite-am (anomalous, PMG-am, PMG-as)
ungrouped pallasites

Iron meteorites :

Note, iron meteorites are a can of worms. I will only focus on the
main chemical groups, and not the various grouplets and sub-types of
each main chemical group. Also note that many of these types include
silicated varities. Listing all of the known sub-types of irons would
require a LONG list resembling a flow-chart.

IAB
IC
IIAB
IIC
IID
IIE
IIF
IIG
IIIAB
IIIE
IIIF
IVA
IVB
ungrouped irons


On 6/9/10, Dark Matter <freequarks at gmail.com> wrote:
> World's largest meteorwrong...Ayers Rock
>
> http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/5704d/1c83c9/
>
> "Returning temporarily to science, some used to speculate that Uluru was a
> meteorite."
>
> Best,
>
> Martin
>

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