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Österplana 016
Basic information Name: Österplana 016
     This is an official name for a relict meteorite. Relict meteorites are composed mostly of terrestrial minerals, but are thought to have once been meteorites. Note: evidence that this was once a meteorite may not have been critically evaluated.
Abbreviation: Öst 016
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1996
Country: Sweden
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Recommended:  Relict OC    [explanation]

Comments: Entered 30 Apr 2007
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info:
Name: Österplana 016
Fieldname: Ark 016
Origin/pseudonym: Österplana, Sweden
Purchased:
Purchase or find date: 4-Aug-1996
Lat/long: 58°35'N, 13°26'E
Mass: 22 x 15 mm
Pieces:
Specimens: FMNH
Description: Dark meteorite in red limestone plate (95 x 145 x 12 mm). Thin, very intense orange -grey reduction halo (28 x 24 mm). Large nautiloid shell in plate (vertical cross section of two chambers).
Info: Birger Schmitz and Mario Tassinari
Name assigned to:
Date assigned: 0000-00-00
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 92, MAPS 42, 1647-1694 (2007)
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Sweden
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