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Vicenice
Basic information Name: Vicenice
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1911
Country: Czech Republic
Mass:help 4.37 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 31  (1964)  Iron
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  IID
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  IID
Recommended:  Iron, IID    [explanation]

This is 1 of 27 approved meteorites classified as Iron, IID.   [show all]
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Writeup from MB 31:
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Vicenice, near a village Vicenice, West Moravia, Czechoslovakia

FOUND, 1911.

IRON, medium octahedrite,

1 specimen, weight 4.37 kg. The meteorite was found during excavation of clay in a depth of about 0.8 m.

Source: Report of Prof. J. Sekanina (Brno, Czechoslovakia) in a letter, V.3, 1964.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 31, Moscow (1964)
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Czech Republic
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (49° 13'N, 15° 48'E)
     Recommended::   (49° 13'N, 15° 48'E)

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     This is 1 of 3 approved meteorites from Vysocina, Czech Republic
     This is 1 of 26 approved meteorites from Czech Republic (plus 1 unapproved name)
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