March, 1916. Meteorite Collection — Catalogue 



241 



No. 



Date 

 of Fall or Find. 



NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 



Weight 

 in grams. 



M 



Found 1888 



55 



BO 



Fell 1798 

 Dec. 19 



8 P.M. 



Found 1784 



57 



58 



Fell 1811 

 July 8 

 8 p.m. 



Found 1838 



Bella Roca, Durango, Mexico. 



Iron. Fine octahedrite. Full-sized slab, 29x8 



cm. etched. Shows large, elongated nodules of 



troilite and oriented veinings of schreibersite. 



Cat. No. 984. 

 About half of slab next to previous. Characters 



similar. Cat. No. 985. 

 Etched mass with crust. Cat. No. 611. 



Benares, N. W. Provinces, India. 



Stone. Spherulitic chondrite. Mass with 

 crust. Crust black, interior light-gray. 

 Chondri not evident. Cat. No. 1505. 

 Fragment with crust. Cat. No. 217. 



Bendego, Bahia, Brazil. 



Iron. Coarse octahedrite. Etched slab with 



crust. Cat. No. 5. 

 Etched slab with crust. Cat. No. 897. 

 Etched slab with elongated troilite. Cat. No. 6. 

 Etched slab with crust. Figures dimly outlined. 



Cat. No. 896. 



Berlanguillas, Burgos, Spain. 



Stone. Veined intermediate chondrite. Frag- 

 ment with crust. Cat. No. 1756. 



Fragment from interior with polished surface. 

 Cat. No. 1757. 



Polished fragment. Texture firm. Abundant 

 metallic grains. Cat. No. 492. 



Bethany, Great Namaqua Land, Africa. 



Iron. Finest octahedrite. The writer follows 

 Cohen (Meteoritenkunde, Heft III) in group- 

 ing Mukerop, Lion River, Great Fish River 

 and Springbok River under the name Bethany. 

 Fragment with crust. Cat. No. 1028. 



Great Fish River. Fragment. Cat. No. 1029. 



Springbok River. Etched fragment. Cat. No. 

 1030. 



Thin shaving, etched. Cat. No. 825. 



Lion River. Etched slab. Cat. No. 1032. 



Etched slab. Cat. No. 376. 



Etched slab. Cat. No. 1031. 



Etched slab. Cat. No. 62. 



Mukerop. Mass with crust and two etched 

 surfaces. Cat. No. 1033. 



Full-sized section, 36x69 cm. etched. Cat. 

 No. 1034. 



Etched slab, with figures differing on two sides 

 of a median line. Cat. No. 569. 



Etched slab. Cat. No. 1035. 



Etched slab. Cat. No. 552. 



Amalia. Full-sized section, 33x37 cm. etched. 

 "Faulting" is well shown. Cat. No. 789. 



745 



440 

 224 



61 

 1 



1,132 

 920 



855 



735 



10 

 9 

 5 



4 

 11 



10 



2 



215 



62 



45 



27 



22,650 



20,411 



429 



293 



10 



9,460 



