SUIZHOU
Specimen weights: 1,653/151 grams Complete crusted stones. This L6 meteorite fell on April 15, 1986 at 6:50 pm in Hubei Province, China. A shower of 12 stones fell with a total weight of 70 kilograms. These two stones were found the day of the fall and kept in China until I bought one in May of 2003 and the larger stone, in May, 2008. |
1,653 gram complete Suizhou stone. I
recently bought this from China, where it was acquired from the
landowner, who picked it up the day it fell. It has been in a box in
their home for the last 22 years! This piece still has dirt imbedded in
the meteorite from impact on the ground. It is highly regmaglypted, and
one side has light secondary fusion crust frosting showing that it broke
very late in flight.
Another view of the 1.6
kilogram Suizhou stone. Note the clear flow in the fusion crust, showing
that this piece was fairly stable in flight, with the left side being
the nose and material melting and flowing backwards toward the right
side of the stone.
This side shows few
regmaglypts and imbedded soil from impact.
151 gram complete stone.
