Name in the NHM catalogue: Ofehértó
Locality*: Ófehértó, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg megye [county], HUN
Co-ordinates: 47° 53' N, 22° 2' E
Fall/find: Fall
Date of the fall: 25.07.1900
Type (level 1): Stone
Type (level 2): Chondrite
Type (level 3): Ordinary chondrite
Group: L
Recovered weight: 3,75 kg
Synonyms*: Ófehértó
Remark: Data from Grady, M. M. (2000): Catalogue of meteorites. 5th rev. enl. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Data marked with an asterisk (*) are supplemented or corrected.
History: According to oral tradition, the farm labourers of Count József Majláth noticed a “falling star” towards Nyírgyulaj. They took the “large stone fell from the sky” to Count Majláth, who donated the specimen to the Hungarian National Museum.
Based on http://www.otukor.tvn.hu/otukor_20060424.htm