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

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 09:42:54 -0700
Message-ID: <6BDB233E-8D54-483D-8492-C9001DBA87D4_at_meteoriteguy.com>

Zaragoza was a single mass, I know because it is almost all sitting in my house! Anyone want some? Contact me or Jim Strope, co-owner.
Michael Farmer

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On Nov 2, 2012, at 9:13 AM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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