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Wild Horse
Basic information Name: Wild Horse
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1979
Country: United States
Mass:help 1360 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 88  (2004)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11077 approved meteorites (plus 22 unapproved names) classified as H5.   [show all]
Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7)
Data from:
  MB88
  Table 3
  Line 34:
State/Prov/County:Cheyenne, CO
Origin or pseudonym:farm
Date:1979
Latitude:38°85'N
Longitude:103°12'W
Mass (g):1360
Pieces:1
Class:H5
Shock stage:S2
Weathering grade:W3
Fayalite (mol%):18.4
Ferrosilite (mol%):16.7
Wollastonite (mol%):1.1
Classifier:K. Kaneda, UTokE
Type spec mass (g):20
Main mass:J. Calvert
Finder:unknown farmer
Institutions
   and collections		 UTokE: Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 11300-32, Japan (institutional address)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 88, MAPS 39, A215-A272 (2004)
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David L. Ribeca   
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Recommended::   (39° 25'N, 103° 12'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 90 approved meteorites from Colorado, United States (plus 5 unapproved names)
     This is 1 of 1893 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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