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Wengyan Co., Guangdong, China
Fell October 31, 1990, 09:45 Beijing time.
Stone. Ordinary chondrite (H6)
After a sonic boom was heard three stones were recovered by farmers between houses of Yanzhuang village and from a forest path; weight 1.25, 0.115, 2.15 kg, total weight 3.5 kg. Classification, the meteorite shows thick black veins of molten material, Xie Xiande, Li Zhaohui, Wang Daode, Liu Jingfa, Hu Ruiying, Chen Ming, Institute of Geochemistry, Academia Sinica, Guangzhou Branch, Guangzhou, 510640, China, where also the main mass, thin sections and research material are located (Abstract, Meteoritical Soc. Meeting, Monterey, 1991).

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The Yanzhuang (H4) meteorite fell in Guangdong, China, on the 31st October, 1990.
A total mass of 3.5 kg was recovered.

24° 34'N, 114° 10'E



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