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Schwetz

Basic information

Name: Schwetz
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1850
Country: Poland
Mass: 21.5 kg

Classification
history:

NHM Catalogue:	5th Edition	(2000)	IIIAB
MetBase:	v. 7.1	(2006)	IIIA
Recommended:			Iron, IIIAB [explanation]

This is 1 of 343 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IIIAB. [show all]
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Buchwald

The following entries were found for Schwetz in Buchwald (1975)
[Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites. University of California Press, 1418 pp.]

Entry for Schwetz, volume 3, page 1090

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Photos:

Credit	Photos
Photos from the Encyclopedia of Meteorites:
Martin Cimala
Sergey Vasiliev
Photos uploaded by members of the Encyclopedia of Meteorites. (Caution, these are of unknown reliability)
Alan Mazur
Wojciech Moscinski

Geography:

Poland

Coordinates:
Catalogue of Meteorites:	(53° 24'N, 18° 27'E)
Recommended::	(53° 24'N, 18° 27'E)

Statistics:
This is the only approved meteorite from Bydgoszcz, Poland
This is 1 of 25 approved meteorites from Poland (plus 9 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)

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Synonyms

Kwidzyn (In NHM Cat)
Swiecie (In NHM Cat)
Weichsel (In NHM Cat)

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