[meteorite-list] Largest Stony Meteorite?

From: Robert Beauford <wendirob_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:41:11 2004
Message-ID: <001a01c09a45$ca571720$784897cc_at_wendirob>

A related question that I have wondered about for quite a while.... Irons
are heavier than stones per volume and there have been some really big falls
(Cielo, Sikhote, Canyon, Nantan, Gibeon....), but there have been a whole
lot more stones discovered by number. Which do we actually have more known
material of, stone or iron (by mass, figuring mesosiderites and palasites
with stones)?
-Robert Beauford : )


> George,
>
> The Jilin Meteorite fell on March 8, 1976 in China.
> It weighed around 4 tons with the largest individual
> weighing 1770 kg. This H4 stone ordinary chondrite
> is the largest stony meteorite on earth.
>
> Bill Russell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <FusionCrst_at_aol.com>
> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 9:12 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Largest Stony Meteorite?
>
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what the largest stony meteorite to ever survive
> passage
> > and impact is?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > George Nicula
Received on Mon 19 Feb 2001 02:30:09 AM PST