[meteorite-list] Juancheng - Hammer or No?

From: Bill Kahlen <dect60_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:43:02 -0700
Message-ID: <COL114-W323FEF00F71ACFFF910840DF980_at_phx.gbl>

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?
>
>
> 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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