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

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:33:27 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <1371162807.96887.YahooMailNeo_at_web122003.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

Something looks funny about the scale cube as well.?? Maybe it is because the image is so blurry. When I see fuzzy images of meteorites, or anything else for that matter, on eBay or a website, I stay away. I wonder if the cube is calibrated or somebody just threw in a sugar cube after taking a picture of it with a cheap camera and weighing it on a bathroom scale.

It would be great if the curator(s) would show some proper respect for possibly the world's largest moon rock!

Adam


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----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Korotev <korotev at wustl.edu>
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Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] World's Largest Meteorites by Type

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

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