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Österplana 056
Basic information Name: Österplana 056
     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 056
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2008
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 056
Fieldname:
Origin/pseudonym: Österplana, Sweden
Purchased:
Purchase or find date: 2008 Feb 25
Lat/long: 58°35'N, 13°26'E
Mass: 160 x 155 mm
Pieces:
Specimens: Vinninga - Dept. of Geology, Lund University
Description: Weathered, badly preserved grey meteorite in raw red limestone block (300 x 220 x 70 mm). Yellow-weathered grey reduction halo 160 x 155 mm.
Info: Birger Schmitz and Mario Tassinari
Name assigned to: Birger Schmitz
Date assigned: 0000-00-00
Assigned by:
References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 101, MAPS 50, 1661, September 2015
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