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

[Mendy Ouzillou]

As a collector and in the interest of science, I would certainly like to have the TKW actively updated based on validated finds. 
 
Mendy Ouzillou


----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> To: Jeff Grossman <jngrossman at gmail.com>
> Cc: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 6:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] World's Largest Meteorites by Type
> 
> Yes
> But some major new finds need to be updated. Springwater for example, seymchan, 
> etc.
> Michael Farmer
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Jun 13, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Jeff Grossman <jngrossman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>  Just to back up what Carl said, MetBull is not decades behind... it may be 
> decades out of date though. MetBull does not attempt to log new discoveries of 
> additional pieces of meteorites, so it is not "behind" in this task.  
> It is, in general, a one-time publication with a date on it, like a newspaper 
> article.  If significant new information is submitted, a new article or 
> supplemental information may be published.  But this is a passive activity by 
> the editor, not an active pursuit.
>> 
>>  Jeff
>> 
>> 
>>  On 6/13/2013 1:49 PM, Michael Farmer wrote:
>>>  It has been sitting in Tucson for years. Oriented nose cone. Now in 
> China.
>>>  Met bulletin is decades behind. Seymchan now at least 15 tons.
>>> 
>>>  Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>  On Jun 13, 2013, at 10:42 AM, Pict <pict at pict.co.uk> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>  Where is the 3 tonne Seymchan? Met Bull has mass at 323kg by the 
> way.
>>>> 
>>>>  Regards,
>>>>  John
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>  On 13/06/2013 12:22, "Michael Farmer" 
> <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>  Seymchan much larger
>>>>>  Pallasite one piece is 3 metric tons alone.
>>>>> 
>>>>>  Sent from my iPhone
>>>>> 
>>>>>  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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