The Laochenzhen meteorite fell in Henan Province, China on February 23, 1987 and was classified as an H5. Below you will find a photo of a 4.4 gram part slice:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/877141/Laochenzhen-1042,1-SMALL.jpg Unfortunately there is little published about this fall and I cannot find any photos of slices in other collections out there. I noticed an unusual textural change in my part slice, which was very difficult to photograph. I added red lines to the same photo below to show what I am trying to explain: http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-11/877141/Laochenzhen-1042,1-SMALL-LINES .jpg The texture on the left is almost perpendicular to the one on the right. You can see that tiny crevasses are present where the two textures meet. They are not saw marks. Is this some sort of melt area? What is this? Bernd? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards, Mike Bandli www.Astro-Artifacts.com ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
