Juancheng Stony Meteorites from Shandong
One of the newest rocks added to the Earth! Interestingly foretelling the death of a former Chinese leader!
These stony meteorites fell down on February 15, 1997. Known as "Heze" for the first year, they are formally named Juancheng H5 Chondrite now, after the county name in Heze Region, Shandong Province. We cut some slices and saw a lot of metal particles inside. Chondrites are visible too. They are highly valuable and very difficult to get now, especially in whole specimens with fresh crust. They fell a couple of days before Deng Xiaoping, the former Chinese leader, died. Therefore many people in China considered the fall was the cosmic prediction of Deng’s passing away.
The fusion crust is clear and black on most pieces, typically less than 1 mm think. The meteorites have magnetism, with higher specific gravity than common rocks. We have some samples for researchers and collectors.
When you want to look at a certain piece for more detail, please click at the thumbnail picture (anything in blue) to zoom it out.
jc#1 64 x 25 x 22 mm, 79.5 grams, almost 100% black fusion crust, with only chip of 2 x 2 mm, raised dots of metal particle visible, $4.5/g
jc#2 70 x 35 x 25 mm, 103 grams, 99% fusion crust, mostly black,
with brown rust, $4.5/g.
jc#3 32 x 20 x 15 mm, 14.5 g, 100% black crust, interestingly shaped, like a tooth, $5/g.
jc#4 35 x 30 x 25 mm, 30 g, 95% crust, conical shape, with a smooth
top in contrast to irregular bottom, a possible oriented piece, $4.5/g.
Sd1, 76 x 72 x 35 mm, 310 grams, $4.5/g (Sold)
Sd213, 75 x 45 x 38 mm, 213 grams, $4.5/gram, over 90 % fusion crust (Sold).
Sd 6, 28 x 25 x 32 mm, 36 grams, $4.5/g
Sd 7 - Sd 21, 10 x 7 x 4 mm to 19 x 18 x 20 mm, mostly with 100% fusion crust, 1 to 12 grams, $6/g
Sd#4, 4 gram each, with 40 -100% fusion crust, $3-6/gram
A possible oriented piece, 37.5 g "Lee-side" irregular surface
"Wind-side" smoother surface