Third class relic handling

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Hi. I have a couple of questions about third class relic. First of all, I have heard conflicting accounts as to if a cloth touched to the tomb of a saint is a third class relic or not. Is it? If so, is there any special handling or care that should be observed? A friend of mine recently went to Rome and gave me a cloth that she had touched to the tomb of a saint. Is this cloth a third class relic or not? If it is, would it be appropriate to keep it in a theca and/or a reliquary? It was given to me in a small plastic bag because that is all she had to keep it in during her travels. Your help is much appreciated! Thank you!
 
Yes, that is a third class relic and I don’t think there is any official special way to treat it as such, except with respect and reverence, as it is very holy (though not as holy as a first or second class relic, which both do have special protocol.)
 
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