Armanty
A find, recorded in 1898 in China · 28 tonnes recovered · Iron, IIIE
Armanty ranks fifth by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). No other find recorded in China is heavier; 33 finds there have complete records. Armanty outweighs every observed fall: the heaviest, Sikhote-Alin, recovered 23 tonnes.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 47.000° N, 88.000° E
Rings every 250 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Zaisan, 381 km to the west, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (1963). In 1898, the year Armanty entered the record, five meteorites were seen to fall: Quesa in Spain, Andover in the United States, Mariaville in the United States and two others.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zaisan | 1963 | H5 | 463 g | 381 km west |
| 2 | Karakol | 1840 | LL6 | 3 kg | 529 km west |
| 3 | Demina | 1911 | L6 | 16 kg | 549 km north-west |
| 4 | Adzhi-Bogdo (stone) | 1949 | LL3-6 | 910 g | 604 km east |
| 5 | Barnaul | 1904 | H5 | 23 g | 696 km north |
Armanty among other finds
In the record, 12 finds carry the label Iron, IIIE, and no observed fall does. No observed fall in the record belongs to the iron IIIE group. Among the other giant finds, Fukang lies closest: 287 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Canyon Diablo (30 tonnes) and Gibeon (26 tonnes).
| Rank | Find | Class | Recorded | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armanty | Iron, IIIE | 1898 | 28 tonnes |
| 2 | Nantan | Iron, IAB-MG | 1958 | 9.5 tonnes |