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Name: RENQIU
Place of fall: Near the town of Renqiu, Hopeh Province, China.
38°40'N., 116°08'E.
Date of fall: 1916, March 23. 1600 hrs. recognised 1975.
Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Total iron = 21.23 wt %.
Number of individual specimens: 1
Total weight: 300 g
Circumstances of fall: The stone was recovered from an old man whose grandfather had- kept the stone since its fall.

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The Renqiu (L6) meteorite fell in Hebei, China, on the 23rd March, 1916.
A total mass of 355 g was recovered.

38° 40'N, 116° 8'E



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