[meteorite-list] Largest single Pallasite?
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
bernd.pauli at paulinet.de
Tue Oct 26 13:04:55 EDT 2004
AL wrote:
> the largest intact pallasite then Huckitta at 1400 kg would
> be it (though heavily oxidized) but Esquel when found was
> 1500 kg making it the largest ever found.
Hi AL and List,
Oscar Turone once wrote:
> The original mass for Esquel was 755 kg.
This is what I also found here:
Ulff-Möller R F. (1998) Paucity of sulfide in a large slab of Esquel: New
perspectives on pallasite formation (Meteoritics 33-2, 1998, 221-227):
"The 0.7-ton Esquel meteorite, found in Patagonia before
1951, is in most respects, a typical main-group pallasite."
> the largest intact pallasite ... Huckitta at 1400 kg
.. plus over 900 kg of iron shale !!!
> Port Orford ... is considered a hoax
John Evans' 10 tons of the Port Orford pallasite was a deliberate hoax.
His Port Orford specimen was actually a piece of the Imilac meteorite.
Best wishes,
Bernd
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