[meteorite-list] Smallest Meteorite

From: MikeG <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 02:19:41 -0500
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW-F4ieUHkRSD-Zy=pvLNu_3D-NpTS-9d1fb2B-RGt-Eqg_at_mail.gmail.com>

It is amazing to me that such tiny specimens are recognized and
recovered. Is it blind luck? Or just a very keen eye and a very
thorough search?

PS - Dr. Rubin did a tiny one for me - 10g, NWA 6696, an LL3.6. It's
not the smallest, but it's still pretty darn small, albeit a
pretty-looking little bugger. :)

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 12/6/12, aerubin at ucla.edu <aerubin at ucla.edu> wrote:
> Revelstoke had a recovered mass of about 1 g.  Yamato 8333 is listed
> as being 10 mg, which is only 1% as massive as Revelstoke.
> Alan Rubin
>
> Quoting Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>:
>
>> I thought Revelstok Canada which was just a smudge in the snow held
>> the record.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Derek Yoost <mineral at optonline.net>
>> To: Anne Black <impactika at aol.com>; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Cc:
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 4:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Smallest Meteorite
>>
>> I have a fully crusted Bensour from Morocco that only weighs .03 grams.
>>
>> Thanks, Derek.
>>
>> Anne Black <impactika at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> This question came up on another forum.
>>> What is the smallest meteorite known?  And I mean: still recognizable
>>> (classifiable) as a meteorite.
>>> And no, I am not talking about the highly questionable micrometeorites
>>> supposedly found in gutters.
>>>
>>> I am sure one of you will know the answer!!
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> Anne M. Black
>>> www.IMPACTIKA.com
>>> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
>>>
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