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767 gram fragment with deep remaglypts. H5
TKW 4 tons. Observed fall 8 March 1976, northern part of the district of Kirin, Kirin Province, China.
Herbert writes:
A large shower of meteorites occurred on March 8, 1976, near the Chinese city of Jilin. After a fireball was seen that exploded 17 kilometers above the ground, over 3000 meteorites in an enormous strewnfield that extended over an area of 72 x 6 kilometers. The largest meteorite from this shower was recovered from a hole, two meters in diameter and six meters deep. The weight of the stone, that broke into several pieces, was 1770 kg, with the largest piece weighting 1170 kg. It is still the largest stony meteorite known. In total, about 4 tons of meteoritic material were recovered. A museum in Jilin is dedicated to this meteorite. The centerpiece of this museum is, of course, the huge main mass of this fall.
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Found at the arrow (green or red) on the map below
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Gregor Hoeher 11/14/2016 1:46:06 AM |
Very nice meteorite fragment. Looks great. |
Herbert 11/13/2016 4:05:23 PM |
Thanks for your comments, folks! I'm glad you like this specimen. |
MexicoDoug 11/13/2016 12:34:52 PM |
Impressive regmaglypts and heft Herbert ... A nicely shaped muscle car among meteorites! Thank you! |
Colonel Pulaerko 11/13/2016 12:06:35 PM |
Wonderful! |
John Divelbiss 11/13/2016 11:42:41 AM |
That is one awesome meteorite fragment Herbert. Congrats ! |
Bernd Pauli 11/13/2016 3:42:51 AM |
A color photo of the 1,770 kilogram fragment can be found here: TSUNG THOMAS (1978) The Jiling Meteorite (Sky and Telescope, June 1978, pp. 464-465). |
Bernd Pauli 11/13/2016 1:48:51 AM |
As for the strewnfield, the hole, and the main mass Herbert mentions, see also: R.W. B*hler (1988) Meteorite - Urmaterie aus dem interplanetaren Raum, pp. 89-91 and p.113. Beautiful specimen, Herbert! |
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