Re: (meteorobs) Largest Meteorite?

To: GeoZay <GeoZay@aol.com>, NAMN Meteorobs <meteorobs@latrade.com>
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Largest Meteorite?
From: Marco Langbroek <marcolan@stad.dsldot nl>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 11:44:11 +0100 (CET)
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Op Tue, 10 Mar 1998, GeoZay schreef:

> 
> 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
> 
> 


As far as I know, the largest Chinese meteorite is the Jilin. It is the 
largest stony meteorite in the world (main fragment 3 tons!), but not the 
largest meteorite, and anyway the Hoba (an iron) is heavier with its 60 
tons estimated.

-Marco

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