[meteorite-list] Largest single Pallasite?

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I just happened to be talking to Bob Haag yesterday about esquel and he said that esquel was originally about 1500 pounds.   A chunk had been cut off so what he received was about 560 kg.   That matches the 2 sources Bernd just listed.

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Eric Olson
ELKK Meteorites
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> 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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