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

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:49:42 -0700
Message-ID: <27D37C1B-0CCD-4BB5-932C-CC4D3DD52978_at_meteoriteguy.com>

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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