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Juancheng is a witnessed fall and hammer fall meteorite that fell on Feb 15, 1997. This meteorite exploded and rained down as a shower of small stones, which peppered the countryside. Some stones struck a building and one is reported to have penetrated the roof and landed in a cooking pot. This meteorite also fell on the anniversary of Mao Zedong's occupation of Yenan during the great people's revolution. The Chinese consider this meteorite to be historically significant. Collectors like this meteorite because it is a recent witnessed from China and it is a hammer fall.
Refer to the photo. The black centimeter cube is shown for scale and is not included. Your specimen will be selected from the same lot shown. You will get the biggest fragment remaining in the lot or several small fragments. Your purchase will include a labelled gemjar for safe storage.
From the Meteoritical Bulletin entry on 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. Specimens: 35 kg, DPitt; ~1 kg, ZMAO; ~1 kg, BeiAP.