<p>The Suizhou meteorite shower occurred on April 15, 1986 in Dayanpo, Suizhou Prefecture, Hubei Province at 6:50pm, a witnessed fall. Suizhou is most widely known for containing a mineral never before seen in nature. Found in the thin veins of shock melt which run through &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=suizhou&amp;sfor=names&amp;ants=&amp;nwas=&amp;falls=&amp;valids=&amp;stype=contains&amp;lrec=50&amp;map=ge&amp;browse=&amp;country=All&amp;srt=name&amp;categ=All&amp;mblist=All&amp;rect=&amp;phot=&amp;strewn=&amp;snew=0&amp;pnt=Normal">https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=suizhou&amp;sfor=names&amp;ants=&amp;nwas=&amp;falls=&amp;valids=&amp;stype=contains&amp;lrec=50&amp;map=ge&amp;browse=&amp;country=All&amp;srt=name&amp;categ=All&amp;mblist=All&amp;rect=&amp;phot=&amp;strewn=&amp;snew=0&amp;pnt=Normal</a> table&amp;code=23738" rel="noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Suizhou&lt;/a&gt;— the result of a cataclysmic collision in outer space— is Tuite, a new polymorph of the mineral Whitlockite. Its creamy matrix vividly contrasts with broad surfaces of black fusion crust - the result of its fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere.
</p><p>Classification: L6 – An ordinary chondrite from the L (Low Iron) group that is petrologic type 6 (Designates chondrites that have been metamorphosed under conditions sufficient to homogenize all mineral compositions, convert all low-Ca pyroxene to orthopyroxene, coarsen secondary phases such as feldspar to sizes ≥50 µm, and obliterate many chondrule outlines).
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It measures 4 x 3.5 x 1.75 inches (98 x 87 x 43 mm) and weighs 0.75 pounds (353.57 grams).
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/44124348109@N01">Steve Jurvetson</a> from Los Altos, USA
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