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» Meteorite: JUANCHENG

Juancheng
Shandong Province, China
Fell 1997 February 15, 23:23:35 Beijing time (15:23:35 UT)
Ordinary chondrite (H5)

A shower of small stones (>1000 individuals) fell near the Yellow River after a brilliant fireball with smoke and sparks terminated in a loud, resonating explosion. The fall ellipse measured ~10.5 ´ 4.3 km, oriented east-west. The largest recovered piece weighed 2.7 kg, and the total mass is >100 kg. One fragment was reported to have penetrated a roof and landed in a pot on a stove. This meteorite has been widely traded and sold under the unofficial name Heze. Classification and mineralogy (Chen Yonghen and Wang Daode, GIG; Wang Ruitian, HBS; A. Rubin, UCLA;): olivine, Fa19.0–19.2; pyroxene, Fs16.9Wo0.1; plagioclase heterogeneous, An9–33Ab63–84Or3–12; kamacite contains 0.36–0.47 wt% Co; shock stage S2.

Weight	Description	Prices
72.8g 67x40x25 mm	Name : Juancheng Class : Chondrite H5 S2/W0 Region: Shandong Province, China Date : Fall: 15.02.1997, 23:23 TKW : +100kg endpiece	3.5$/g = 255$
25.05g 30x23x25 mm	endpiece	3.5$/g = 87$
61.2g 60x41x17 mm	endpiece	3.5$/g = 213$
5.44g 36x23x3 mm	full slice	3.5$/g = 19$
4.47g 33x23x2 mm	full slice	3.5$/g = SOLD
15.73g 35x24x9 mm	endpiece	3.5$/g = 55$
10.84g 33x21x10 mm	endpiece	3.5$/g = SOLD
6.78g 40x25x7 mm	endpiece	3.5$/g = 23$
16.37g 45x25x7 mm	endpiece	3.5$/g = 57$
5.98g 45x25x3 mm	full slice	3.5$/g = 21$
8.45g 43x26x2 mm	full slice	3.5$/g = SOLD
15.13g 28x27x13 mm	complete specimen	3.5$/g = 53$
17.63g 28x21x17 mm	complete specimen	3.5$/g = SOLD

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