[meteorite-list] Juancheng - Hammer or No?

[Bill Kahlen]

I guess Juancheng would be a hammer meteorite fall since stones did hit man-made objects.  But I would not place any additional value on the stone unless it is one of the actual stones that hit or penetrated a roof.

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> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:56:16 -0700

> From: michael_w_gilmer at yahoo.com

> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Subject: [meteorite-list] Juancheng - Hammer or No?

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> Hi List!

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> 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.

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> 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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