Lancaster County meteorite
Lancaster County is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, that was found in the United States in 1903. A total of 13 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Lancaster County
- Classification
- Iron
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Iron
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1903
- Mass recovered
- 13 kg
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 40.6667° N, 96.7500° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Iron meteorites.
Meteorites near Lancaster County
- Eagle EL6 · 27 km away
- Brainard Iron, IIIAB · 57 km away
- York (iron) Iron, IIIAB · 64 km away
- York (stone) L6 · 75 km away
- Benedict Iron, IIIAB · 76 km away
- Lushton L6 · 85 km away
Other Iron meteorites
- Blue Tier Australia · 1890
- Tulia (iron) United States · 1969
- Palinshih China · 1914
- Lebedinnyi Russia · 1925
- Fuling China · 1960
- Campo de Pucara (iron) Argentina · 1879