[meteorite-list] Is new Morasko find the largest meteorite in Europe?

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 12:13:08 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW_3ZdLqBLE3iOLZkD=zSROFYsLNQroNj1qVL5vhKQNC+Q_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Bob,

AFAIK, the largest meteorite on display in any European museum is the
Cranbourne meteorite which weighs about 3.5 tons. However, this
meteorite was found in Australia and is not native to Europe.

NOTE - the numbers shown below are TKW weights and not weights for a
single mass - unless otherwise noted in the Bulletin.

Largest European meteorites (by TKW) according to the Met Bulletin :

GERMANY - Bitburg - 1.5 metric tons
FRANCE - La Caille - 626kg
ITALY - Alfianello - 228kg
POLAND - Morasko - 290kg
ROMANIA - Mocs - 300kg

Armenia - Kulp - 3.72kg
Austria - Mauerkirchen - 19kg
Belgium - Tourinnes-la-Grosse - 14.5kg
Bosnia - Zavid - 95kg
Bulgaria - Rasgrad - 24.7kg
Croatia - Hraschina - 49kg
Czech Republic - Elbogen - 107kg
Denmark - Jerslev - 40kg
Estonia - Tennasilm - 28.5kg
Greece - Seres - 8.5kg
Hungary - Ofeh?rt? - 3.75kg
Ireland - Limerick - 50kg
Latvia - Nerft - 10.25kg
Lithuania - Zemaitkiemis - 44.1kg
Netherlands - Utrecht - 9.7kg
Norway - Finmarken - 78.3kg
Serbia and Montenegro - Dimitrovgrad - 100kg (single mass)
Slovakia - Magura - 150kg
Slovenia - Javorje - 4.92kg
Spain - Zaragoza - 162kg
Sweden - Muonionalusta - 230kg
Switzerland - Twannberg - 20.69kg

That is what I could find in the Bulletin. Does anyone know if any of
the above TKW's represent a single mass?

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 11/2/12, Bob King <nightsky55 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> Is the new 300 kg (probably a few kg less once cleaned) the biggest to
> date found in Europe?
> Thanks,
> Bob
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Received on Fri 02 Nov 2012 12:13:08 PM PDT