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

From: Randy Korotev <korotev_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:01:24 -0500
Message-ID: <20130613220833.7C7D68446C_at_mailwash23.pair.com>

Adam:

I entirely agree, but on the basis of this photo

http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/stones/kalahari008.htm

and assuming a density of 2.6 g/cm^3, I'd say that rock was at least 13 kg.

Randy






At 01:32 PM 2013-06-13 Thursday, you wrote:
>I wish somebody would take the time to actually and truthfully
>certify the weight on Kalahari 009. Weighing it on a bathroom scale
>and rounding it off is disrespectful to such a piece! It may be the
>world's heaviest but we will never know until somebody does the
>right thing and weighs it properly. Even if its weighs in the
>neighborhood of what is being claimed, but not proven, it may not be
>the worlds largest due to density. NWA 5000 is less dense and
>displaces more area per cubic centimeter therefor may be physically larger.
>
>Until we get an accurate weight, it cannot claim any heavyweight
>title. Come on, a rock from the Moon deserves better than this! It
>is like having a heavy weight boxer going for a title, failing to
>weigh in before a bought.
>
>It would be nice if its caretaker(s) were not so secretive and would
>at least disclose its dimensions if they cannot provide an accurate weight.
>
>
>Adam
Received on Thu 13 Jun 2013 06:01:24 PM PDT