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

[Adam Hupe]

Something looks funny about the scale cube as well.   Maybe it is because the image is so blurry. When I see fuzzy images of meteorites, or anything else for that matter, on eBay or a website, I stay away. I wonder if the cube is calibrated or somebody just threw in a sugar cube after taking a picture of it with a cheap camera and weighing it on a bathroom scale.

It would be great if the curator(s) would show some proper respect for possibly the world's largest moon rock!

Adam


 






----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Korotev <korotev at wustl.edu>
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Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] World's Largest Meteorites by Type

Adam:

I entirely agree, but on the basis of this photo

http://meteorites.wustl.edu/lunar/stones/kalahari008.htm

and assuming a density of 2.6 g/cm^3, I'd say that rock was at least 13 kg.

Randy






At 01:32 PM 2013-06-13 Thursday, you wrote:
>I wish somebody would take the time to actually and truthfully 
>certify the weight on Kalahari 009. Weighing it on a bathroom scale 
>and rounding it off is disrespectful to such a piece!  It may be the 
>world's heaviest but we will never know until somebody does the 
>right thing and weighs it properly.  Even if its weighs in the 
>neighborhood of what is being claimed, but not proven, it may not be 
>the worlds largest due to density.  NWA 5000 is less dense and 
>displaces more area per cubic centimeter therefor may be physically larger.
>
>Until we get an accurate weight, it cannot claim any heavyweight 
>title.  Come on, a rock from the Moon deserves better than this!  It 
>is like having a heavy weight boxer going for a title, failing to 
>weigh in before a bought.
>
>It would be nice if its caretaker(s) were not so secretive and would 
>at least disclose its dimensions if they cannot provide an accurate weight.
>
>
>Adam

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