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Wilder
Basic information Name: Wilder
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1982
Country: United States
Mass:help 26.6 kg
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 66  (1988)  H5
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  H5
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  H5
Recommended:  H5    [explanation]

This is 1 of 11254 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)
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Writeup from MB 66:
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Wilder

Canyon County, Idaho, USA

Found 1982

Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5).

A single 1970 g mass was found on an unploughed field by Mr. Alan Noe 3 miles N of Wilder, Idaho, USA. Specimen was identified at Boise State University in 1987. (C. M. White, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 83725, USA)

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 66, Meteoritics 23, 171-173 (1988)
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24.63kg of Wilder meteorite   
The Hupe Collection   
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (43° 43' 28"N, 116° 54' 42"W)
     Recommended::   (43° 43' 28"N, 116° 54' 42"W)
Note: the NHM and MetBase coordinates are 1.1 m apart

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 8 approved meteorites from Idaho, United States
     This is 1 of 1896 approved meteorites from United States (plus 890 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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