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Wood River

Basic information

Name: Wood River
This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: unknown
Country: Canada
Mass: 118 g

Classification
history:

Meteoritical Bulletin:	MB 107	(2018)	H5
Recommended:			H5 [explanation]

This is 1 of 11131 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)

Comments:

Approved 19 Apr 2018

Writeup

Writeup from MB 107:

Wood River 50°08’N, 106°13’W

Saskatchewan, Canada

Find: Unknown

Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5)

History: Found many years ago by the owners father along the banks of the Wood River in southern Saskatchewan. The find area is bounded by provincial highways #58 to the west; #363 to the north, #718 to the south and on the east by the Old Wives Lake bird sanctuary. The nearest villages are Coderre and Courval.

Petrography: Chondrules are readily delineated with much recrystallization. Chondrule glass is absent. Weak undulatory extinction visible in the olivine grains.

Geochemistry: Olivine composition determined by two methods: Fa_19.3±1(by X-ray diffraction, ROM) and Fa_20.0±1.2% (EMPA, n=28); Fs_16.6±0.9Wo_1.1±0.1(EMPA, n=9). No zoning was visible in olivine or pyroxene grains.

Data from:
  MB107
  Table 0
  Line 0:

State/Prov/County:	Saskatchewan
Date:	Unknown
Latitude:	50°08'N
Longitude:	106°13'W
Mass (g):	118
Pieces:	5
Class:	H5
Shock stage:	S2
Weathering grade:	W2
Fayalite (mol%):	20.0 ± 1.2 (n=28)
Ferrosilite (mol%):	16.6 ± 0.9 (n=9)
Wollastonite (mol%):	1.1±0.1
Classifier:	V. Di Cecco, I. Nicklin
Type spec mass (g):	21
Type spec location:	ROM
Main mass:	owner
Comments:	Submitted by V. Di Cecco

Institutions
and collections

ROM: Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada (institutional address; updated 18 Oct 2011)

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References:

Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 107, MAPS 55, 460-462

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Geography:

Canada

Coordinates:
Recommended::	(50° 8'N, 106° 13'W)

Statistics:
This is 1 of 13 approved meteorites from Saskatchewan, Canada (plus 6 impact craters)
This is 1 of 66 approved meteorites from Canada (plus 5 unapproved names) (plus 31 impact craters)

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