[meteorite-list] Juancheng - Hammer or No?

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:25:03 -0700
Message-ID: <C5E5552F.1A44%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Hi Peter,
        As you know, the falls are arranged by date. You
Will find Juancheng just below Peekskill and above
Warden on page 2:

http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Hammers2.html

Feb. 15, 1997 Juancheng Shandong Province, Heze, China KITCHEN ROOF,
POT ON STOVE

Heze, China
(Click on photo to enlarge image)
Caused a tremendous sensation in China when it fell on 15 February 1997 near
the
village of Heze in Juancheng County. Local Chinese peasants picked up
several
hundred fresh specimens along the Yangtze River shortly after the fall
believing
the fall foretold the death of their leader... which did take place
following the fall.
Because so many stones were retained by the locals and given to government
officials, the total weight of the fall will never be known.
--------
        Best wishes, Michael

> From: Peter Scherff <peterscherff at rcn.com>
> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:32:21 -0400
> To: Michael Gilmer <michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com>, Meteorite List
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Juancheng - Hammer or No?
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> You have a good memory.
> http://tin.er.usgs.gov/meteor/metbull.php?code=12203
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Michael
> Gilmer
> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:56 PM
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Juancheng - Hammer or No?
>
>
> 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
>
> .........................................................
> 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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