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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
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  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
Institutions
   and collections		 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 Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 110, in preparation (2021)
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