[meteorite-list] Kalahari 009 - biggest lunar meteorite?

[Greg Hupe]

Hi Mike and List,

NWA 3163 is the largest Granulitic Lunar meteorite, and was once the Second 
largest lunar.

Best regards,
Greg

====================
Greg Hupe
The Hupe Collection
NaturesVault (eBay)
gmhupe at htn.net
www.LunarRock.com
IMCA 3163
====================
Click here for my current eBay auctions: 
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Gilmer" <michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Kalahari 009 - biggest lunar meteorite?


> Hi Adam,
>
> That's interesting backstory behind NWA 5000.  Thanks for sharing
> it.  I noticed a typo in my last post, I meant to say that "AFAIK,
> DaG 400 is the second largest lunaite".  Does anyone keep or
> maintain a list of the largest lunar or martian meteorites?  It
> would be interesting to see a Hall of Fame or Top-10 of lunars in
> terms of confirmed mass.   Has anyone ever seen a photo of
> Kalahari 009 or is it a phantom specimen?  I had never heard of it
> until someone mentioned it to me.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
> .........................................................
> Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
> Member of the Meteoritical Society.
> Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
> Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
> ..........................................................
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 14
> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:50:15 -0800 (PST)
> From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Kalahari 009 - biggest lunar meteorite?
> To: Adam <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Message-ID: <228854.14898.qm at web30708.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
>
> Hi Mike and List Members,
>
> An interesting fact about NWA 5000 is that it actually weighed more than 
> the claimed weight of Kalahari 009 at one time.
>
> Let me explain:
>
> We weighed the main mass and liberated portion right after it was cut and 
> it actually gained a lot of weight. The reason being is that the gabbro, 
> unique to this lunaite, actually absorbed the chemical/mineral free 
> coolant during cutting.  The porosity is amazing.  The only truly accurate 
> way to measure the weight is after a piece is sucked to the dryness of 
> space in a vacuum chamber.  The certified weight was before any cutting 
> took place and an accurate casting was taken.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________
> http://www.meteoritecentral.com
> Meteorite-list mailing list
> Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
>