Hi Mike and List,
NWA 3163 is the largest Granulitic Lunar meteorite, and was once the Second
largest lunar.
Best regards,
Greg
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Gilmer" <michael_w_gil...@yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Kalahari 009 - biggest lunar meteorite?
Hi Adam,
That's interesting backstory behind NWA 5000. Thanks for sharing
it. I noticed a typo in my last post, I meant to say that "AFAIK,
DaG 400 is the second largest lunaite". Does anyone keep or
maintain a list of the largest lunar or martian meteorites? It
would be interesting to see a Hall of Fame or Top-10 of lunars in
terms of confirmed mass. Has anyone ever seen a photo of
Kalahari 009 or is it a phantom specimen? I had never heard of it
until someone mentioned it to me.
Best regards,
MikeG
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Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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Message: 14
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:50:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Adam Hupe <raremeteori...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Kalahari 009 - biggest lunar meteorite?
To: Adam <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Message-ID: <228854.14898...@web30708.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Hi Mike and List Members,
An interesting fact about NWA 5000 is that it actually weighed more than
the claimed weight of Kalahari 009 at one time.
Let me explain:
We weighed the main mass and liberated portion right after it was cut and
it actually gained a lot of weight. The reason being is that the gabbro,
unique to this lunaite, actually absorbed the chemical/mineral free
coolant during cutting. The porosity is amazing. The only truly accurate
way to measure the weight is after a piece is sucked to the dryness of
space in a vacuum chamber. The certified weight was before any cutting
took place and an accurate casting was taken.
Best Regards,
Adam
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