(meteorobs) FWD Re: Largest Meteorite?

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• From: Lew Gramer <lewkaren@tiacdot net>
• Date: Mon, 09 Mar 1998 18:51:31 -0500
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>>From bernd.pauli@lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhedot de  Mon Mar  9 18:39:09 1998
>Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 00:37:24 +0100
>From: Bernd Pauli <bernd.pauli@lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhedot de>
>To: GeoZay <GeoZay@aol.com>
>Cc: meteorobs@latrade.com, meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Re: Largest Meteorite?
>
>GeoZay schrieb:
>
>> Someone asked me this morning if I heard anything about the largest
>> meteorite
>> ever found from China...replacing the Hoba West Meteorite in S.
>> Africa? I was
>> not aware that anything larger than the Hoba West was found. Does
>> anyone know
>> anything about a meteorite in China to replace the Hoba West?
>> George Zay
>
>The largest Chinese iron mass I have in my database is the Xinjiang
>(IIIE) iron. The main mass of this little known meteorite is said to
>remain at the place of find. It was found before 1898 and weighs 28 tons
>(9.66 %Ni, 17.22 ppm.Ga, 31.5 ppm.Ge, 0.23 ppm.Ir).
>
>Regards, Bernd

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