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Österplana 060
Basic information Name: Österplana 060
     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 060
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2009
Country: Sweden
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 101  (2012)  Relict OC
Recommended:  Relict OC    [explanation]

Comments: Entered 12 Oct 2012
Catalogs:
Relict meteorite
info:
Name: Österplana 060
Fieldname:
Origin/pseudonym: Österplana, Sweden
Purchased:
Purchase or find date: 2009 June 6
Lat/long: 58°35'N, 13°26'E
Mass: 200 x 140 mm
Pieces:
Specimens: FMNH
Description: Gray, large meteorite with well-preserved, occassionally very large (one is ca. 5 mm in diameter) chondrules in a red limestone block. Meteorite is sawed perpendicular to bedding.Meteorite has a rounded, rectangular shape. Size of block is 210 x 150 x 100 mm, size of grey reduction halo is 200 x 140 mm.
Info: Birger Schmitz and Mario Tassinari
Name assigned to: Birger Schmitz
Date assigned: 0000-00-00
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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