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 ......................................................... 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 .......................................................... ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
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