I just happened to be talking to Bob Haag yesterday about esquel and he said that esquel was originally about 1500 pounds. A chunk had been cut off so what he received was about 560 kg. That matches the 2 sources Bernd just listed.
-- Eric Olson ELKK Meteorites http://www.star-bits.com > AL wrote: > > > the largest intact pallasite then Huckitta at 1400 kg would > > be it (though heavily oxidized) but Esquel when found was > > 1500 kg making it the largest ever found. > > Hi AL and List, > > Oscar Turone once wrote: > > > The original mass for Esquel was 755 kg. > > This is what I also found here: > > Ulff-Möller R F. (1998) Paucity of sulfide in a large slab of Esquel: New > perspectives on pallasite formation (Meteoritics 33-2, 1998, 221-227): > > "The 0.7-ton Esquel meteorite, found in Patagonia before > 1951, is in most respects, a typical main-group pallasite." > > > the largest intact pallasite ... Huckitta at 1400 kg > > .. plus over 900 kg of iron shale !!! > > > Port Orford ... is considered a hoax > > John Evans' 10 tons of the Port Orford pallasite was a deliberate hoax. > His Port Orford specimen was actually a piece of the Imilac meteorite. > > Best wishes, > > Bernd > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list