As I say on my website, "The largest single stone appears to be Northwest Africa 12760 at 58.1 kg (128 lbs.). This stone is one of many of the NWA 8046 clan (paired meteorite stones) of which there is more than 200 kg." https://sites.wustl.edu/meteoritesite/items/lunar-meteorites/
The total mass of lunar meteorites is now 1458.43 kg, 5.5 times the mass of rocks* collected on the Apollo missions. *265.6 kg of rocks >1 cm in size ~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ Randy L. Korotev Research Professor Emeritus (retired) Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences Washington University in Saint Louis https://eps.wustl.edu/people/randy-l-korotev ________________________________________ From: Meteorite-list <[email protected]> on behalf of Michael Gilmer via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 11:16 To: Meteorite List Subject: [meteorite-list] What is the largest single lunar mass? Hi Listees, I was thinking about lunars today and how the market around them has changed since the days just before the NWA gold rush. Even well into the NWA period, new lunar recoveries were usually the big topic of conversation. Remember NWA 482? Or the feeding frenzy around NWA 5000? NWA 5000 was the largest lunar mass until that big Kalahari find came to light, but we've seen dozens(?) of sizeable lunar recoveries in recent years and it seems like people have gotten numb to them somewhat. It seems like it's not that big of a deal anymore if a football-sized moon rock is recovered. So, what is officially the biggest lunar mass now? I've lost track. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
