Lenarto

Name in the NHM catalogue: Lenarto
Locality*: Lenartov, Bardejov okres [district], Prešovský kraj [province], SVK
Co-ordinates*: 49° 19' N, 21° 2' E
Fall/find: Find
Date of the find*: ??.10.1814
Type (level 1): Iron
Type (level 2): Medium octahedrite
Group: IIIA
Further data: Bandwith 1.2 mm
Recovered weight: 108,5 kg
Synonyms*: Lenarco, Lénártó, Lenartov, Lenartow, Polen, Saros, Sáros
Remark: Data from Grady, M. M. (2000): Catalogue of meteorites. 5^th rev. enl. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Data marked with an asterisk (*) are supplemented or corrected.

History of the find: The meteorite was discovered in the end of October 1814, in the Lenartovka Forest by a shepherd, from below mud and decayed leaves, near to a spring. At first it was thought to be of silver due to its shining lustre. The local landowner, József Kapy, royal counsellor, bought the specimen and sent it with the help of Mathias Sennowitz, naturalist in Eperjes (now Prešov, Slovakia), to the Hungarian National Museum. It was the first meteorite specimen in the museum. Other specimens were distributed among other European museums, e.g. a 5-lbs fragment to Vienna, where knives and swords were also made of its material.