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

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:22:21 -0700
Message-ID: <B7A74BB8-C248-4683-8222-FEB5E27DEE4F_at_meteoriteguy.com>

Seymchan much larger
Pallasite one piece is 3 metric tons alone.

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On Jun 13, 2013, at 10:20 AM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 01:22:21 PM PDT