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Lechówka
Basic information Name: Lechówka
     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: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2014
Country: Poland
Mass:help 1.82 g
Classification
  history:
Recommended:  Relict iron    [explanation]

Comments: Entered 28 Mar 2021
Data from:
  MB110
  Table 0
  Line 0:
State/Prov/County:Chelm
Origin or pseudonym:Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary sediments
Date:2014
Latitude:51°10'7.60"N
Longitude:23°14'23.81"E
Mass (g):1.8181
Pieces:19
Class:Relict iron
Weathering grade:high
Classifier:K, Szopa, L. Karwowski, USil
Type spec mass (g):1.4
Type spec location:USil
Main mass:USil
Finder:Lukasz Karwowski, Krzysztof Szopa, Tomasz Brachaniec, Tomasz Krzykawski
Comments:The full characterization is published as Krzysztof Szopa, Tomasz Brachaniec, Lukasz Karwowski, Tomasz Krzykawski (2017) Remnants of altered meteorite in the Cretaceous-Paleogene clay boundary in Poland, Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences 52:612-622.; submitted by Krzysztof Szopa, Lukasz Karwowski
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USil: Earth Sciences Museum, Institute of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, B?dzi?ska 60, Sosnowiec, 41_200, Poland; Website (institutional address; updated 22 Nov 2020)
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References: Published in Gattacceca J., McCubbin F.M., Grossman J., Bouvier A., Chabot N.L., D'Orazio M., Goodrich C., Greshake A., Gross J., Komatsu M., Miao B., and Schrader D. (2022) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 110. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 1-4
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