[meteorite-list] World's Largest Meteorites by Type

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:20:21 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW9bNQvMVuYU7Jei81Zqeqo4NJ=o0v30OPVWKCiyS=eytQ_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi List,

I am putting together a list of the largest known meteorites by type.
Here is what the list looks like so far. Can anyone spot any errors
or suggest any other large specimens of different types?

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 (3.5 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
Largest CR6/Metachondrite - Tafassasset - 30+ kg

Best regards,

MikeG

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Received on Thu 13 Jun 2013 01:20:21 PM PDT