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

Michael Farmer mike at meteoriteguy.com
Thu Jun 13 13:22:21 EDT 2013


Seymchan much larger
Pallasite one piece is 3 metric tons alone.

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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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