Shandong, China
Shandong is a coastal province of eastern People's Republic of China - the Juancheng meteorite fell near this city
Date: 06/18/2009
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Juancheng - 7.0 grams
This meteorite is considered a "hammer" since one fragment was reported to have penetrated a roof and landed in a pot on a stove
Date: 06/18/2009
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Juancheng - 7.0 grams
Our sliced sample is classified as an H5 chondrite - about 100 kilograms of material has been recovered
Date: 06/18/2009
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Guangxi Province
This is where the famous Nantan meteorites are found
Date: 04/30/2009
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Guangxi Province
The countryside of this area is very beautiful
Date: 09/17/2005
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Guangxi Province
The coastal regions have amazing and dramatic contrasts
Date: 04/30/2009
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Nantan Meteorite - 15.07 grams
Over 9.5 metric tons of this meteorite have been found already!
Date: 04/30/2009
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Nantan Meteorite - 13.63 grams
The first finds were in 1958 - but it is believed to have fallen in 1516 during the reign of the Chinese Emperor Zhengde
Date: 04/30/2009
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Nantan Meteorite - 15.07 grams
Nantan is classified as IAB-MG which is a complex iron
Date: 04/30/2009
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Nantan - 23.6 grams
A great etched slice which shows the complex meteorite interior
Date: 01/01/2000
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Nantan - 23.6 grams
An interesting embedded, hook-shaped inclusion is visible within this slice - it almost looks like an arm flexing a muscle!
Date: 01/01/2000
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Nantan - 7.21 grams
A great slice of a smaller, jagged shaped Nantan stone!
Date: 08/25/2009
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Nantan - Large stone in Guangxi, China
One big Nantan!
Date: 02/01/2010
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Nantan - 31.6 grams
A very cool looking Nantan crystal - check out the inclusion protruding from the bottom of the stone!
Date: 02/01/2010
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Nantan - 31.6 grams
The reverse side of the same crystal
Date: 02/01/2010
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Dr. Ming Chen - Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry
Suizhou contains a mineral never before seen in nature!
Date: 04/18/2009
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Suizhou - .350 grams
A high-pressure polymorph of chromite - the first natural sample with the calcium ferrite structure - has been discovered in the shock veins of the Suizhou meteorite
Date: 04/18/2009
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Suizhou - .350 grams
The meteorite fell on April 15, 1986 in a shower of 12 stones near the city of Suizhou, Hubei Province, China
Date: 04/18/2009
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Hebei Province in China
A nice view of Langyashan - Wolf Tooth Mountain - in Yi County, Hebei, China near the area of the Wuan meteorite fall
Date: 06/28/2009
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Wuan - 3.5 grams
Our sample of the Wuan meteorite was witnessed on July 31, 1986 - a shepherd found the meteorite and it was kept in a village storehouse for over two years - today the Beijing Planetarium has the main mass of the meteorite
Date: 06/28/2009
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Wuan - 3.5 grams
Our slice is part of about 50 kilograms that was recovered of this meteorite - it is classified as an H6 chondrite
Date: 06/28/2009
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