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

From: Mendy Ouzillou <ouzillou_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:45:26 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <1371181526.13103.YahooMailNeo_at_web126203.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>

As a collector and in the interest of science, I would certainly like to have the TKW actively updated based on validated finds.?
?
Mendy Ouzillou


----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> To: Jeff Grossman <jngrossman at gmail.com>
> Cc: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 6:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] World's Largest Meteorites by Type
>
> Yes
> But some major new finds need to be updated. Springwater for example, seymchan,
> etc.
> Michael Farmer
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 13, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Jeff Grossman <jngrossman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just to back up what Carl said, MetBull is not decades behind... it may be
> decades out of date though. MetBull does not attempt to log new discoveries of
> additional pieces of meteorites, so it is not "behind" in this task.?
> It is, in general, a one-time publication with a date on it, like a newspaper
> article.? If significant new information is submitted, a new article or
> supplemental information may be published.? But this is a passive activity by
> the editor, not an active pursuit.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> On 6/13/2013 1:49 PM, Michael Farmer wrote:
>>> It has been sitting in Tucson for years. Oriented nose cone. Now in
> China.
>>> Met bulletin is decades behind. Seymchan now at least 15 tons.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jun 13, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Pict <pict at pict.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Where is the 3 tonne Seymchan? Met Bull has mass at 323kg by the
> way.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 13/06/2013 12:22, "Michael Farmer"
> <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Seymchan much larger
>>>>> Pallasite one piece is 3 metric tons alone.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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