[meteorite-list] Juancheng - Hammer or No?

From: Darryl Pitt <darryl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:32:15 -0400
Message-ID: <0712DC64-D431-4FC0-8550-FFE107679678_at_dof3.com>

Hi Michael:

It has been widely documented that numerous stones from the Juancheng
fall pierced about a dozen roofs of homes and other structures. One
home was impacted by two meteorites and another meteorite did indeed
come to rest in a cooking pot. The Juancheng shower is possibly the
most hunted fall in proximity of the event as hundreds of newly-minted
meteorite hunters (young schoolchildren) were set loose in what became
an extraterrestrial Easter Egg hunt.

It's with trepidation that I wade into these waters again, but in
future generations, an increasing number of meteorite showers WILL
find a roof---which would support Anne's and Walter's definition of a
"hammer" to be meaningful, and frame the showers themselves as one
that "contains a hammer."


All best / Darryl



On Mar 17, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Michael Gilmer wrote:

>
> Hi List!
>
> I have been following the recent discussion on hammer falls, which
> I inadvertently started when I asked other list members to share
> their witnessed falls and hammers.
>
> Well, I acquired another piece and I am wondering if it is a hammer
> or not. In a recent trade, I got a 1.5 gram fragment of Juancheng
> with fusion crust on it. I know Juancheng is a witnessed fall,
> and I recall hearing storied that it was a shower and that some
> stones pelted rooftops. I also recall a story about a stone
> landing in a cookpot. I don't remember where I read these
> stories - maybe it was here on the list. At any rate, for my
> own records, I'd like to know where Juancheng resides in the
> spectrum of hammer falls. Is it a "confirmed" hammer? Is the
> cookpot story true, or just a dubious anecdote?
>
> I checked Michael Blood's Hammer pages, which I consider to be
> definitive or near-definitive, and I didn't see Juancheng.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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> Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
> Member of the Meteoritical Society.
> Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
> Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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