[meteorite-list] Biggest Meteorites by Type

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My favorite, D'Orbigny    Angrite  
D’Orbigny, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina 
Found in 1998, TKW : 16.5 kg  

Tom Phillips   I have some cool micrographs!  
http://www.meteorite-times.com/Back_Links/2009/may/Micro_Visions.htm

In  a message dated 6/9/2010 11:25:11 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
meteoritemike at gmail.com writes:
Hi Jeff and List,

Like I said to Steve  Arnold, I should have been more specific.  I am
looking for the largest  single specimens of each type - prior to
cutting.  I don't care what  size they are currently, but I want the
largest singular examples of each  type. :)

Best regards,

MikeG


On 6/9/10, Jeff Grossman  <jgrossman at usgs.gov> wrote:
> It depends what you mean by largest...  The largest single mass ever
> recovered or the largest single mass still  in existence?
>
> For Martian meteorites it almost certainly makes a  difference.  Yamato
> 000593 is still nearly intact at nearly 14 kg  (I've seen it), whereas
> there isn't such a large Zagami stone left, even  though it weighed 18 kg
> when recovered.
>
> Jeff
> On  6/9/2010 12:34 PM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote:
>> Hi  Listees!
>>
>> I am putting together a list of the world's  largest meteorites by
>> type.  At first, I am concentrating on  the major types and then I'll
>> descend into the rabbit hole of  sub-types later.
>>
>> Here is what I have so far  -
>>
>> Largest Iron - Hoba
>> Largest chondrite -  Jilin
>> Largest aubrite - Norton County
>> Largest Martian  meteorite - Zagami
>> Largest Lunar meteorite - NWA 5000 / Kalahari  009
>> Largest pallasite - Brenham
>>
>> If there are  any errors here, please correct me. :)
>>
>> I'd love to hear  some suggestions for the largest of other types -
>> misc. achondrites,  HEDO's, carbonaceous types, etc.
>>
>> Best  regards,
>>
>> MikeG
>>  http://www.galactic-stone.com
>>
>>
>
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