What And Where

Recovered near Wooster in Wayne County and documented in 1858 this iron meteorite was reported in nineteenth century natural history records and later distributed to institutional collections. The find location and early cataloguing make it one of the earliest documented Ohio meteorites.

Date And Mass of Wooster Meteorite

Recovered mass about 22.5 kg from the 1858 recovery. Historical records note the main mass and subsequent fragment distribution to museums and collectors.

Class And Mineralogy of Wooster Meteorite

Classified as an iron meteorite with IAB sLL style affinities and containing kamacite taenite schreibersite and troilite. The IAB classification indicates complex formation histories involving metal silicate mixtures and impact processing on the parent body.

Scientific Significance of Wooster Meteorite

Wooster is important for studies of iron meteorite diversity and for reconstructing nineteenth century collecting networks. Modern reexamination with metallography trace element analysis and cosmogenic nuclide dating can refine exposure ages and thermal histories.