[meteorite-list] NPA 09-29-1965 China Claims Discovery of Meteorite (Hejing Meteorite?)

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: Reno Evening Gazette
City: Reno, Nevada
Date: Wednesday, September 29, 1965
Page: 22

Communist China Claims Discovery Of Meteorite

     TOKYO (AP) - Communist China says it has discovered a 30-ton meteorite 
in the Gobi Desert containing six "cosmic minerals."
     The report, carried by the New China News Agency said the meteorite was 
the third largest in the world. The agency said, chemical analyses of 
samples from the meteorite "show that its chemical composition is: 88.67 per 
cent Iron, 9.27 per cent nickel, and cobalt, phosphorus, silicon, sulphur, 
copper and other elements.

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The Hejing Meteorite was found in China during 1965 and this article may 
refer to it.  I do not have enough information on Hejing to confirm or rule 
it out.

Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
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