New Iron Find From Pingtan Island, Fujian Province, China

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New Iron Find From Pingtan Island, Fujian Province, China

Postby David Entwistle » Sun Oct 19, 2014 12:17 pm

Struggling a bit with the google translation, but as far as I can work out, an unusual rock collected from the beach in Pingtan Island has recently been confirmed as an iron meteorite. Report from the Pingtan Government web site here (in Chinese). Pingtan Island is located in eastern coastal area in Fujian province, China.

    Classification IIAB
    94.4% iron
    5.6% nickel
    Volume 7 × 7.5 × 4.2 cm
    Mass about 886 g.

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