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Field Columbian Museum — Geology. Vol. i, 



AEROLITES OR STONE METEORITES. 



Cat. 



No. 



Date 

 of Fall or Find, 



NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 



Weight, 

 in grams. 



309 

 310 

 311 

 305 

 306 



307 

 308 



312 

 313 

 314 



315 

 316 



317 



319 



Found 1872. 



Fell 1873, 

 June. 



Fell 1874, 

 May 14, 

 2:30 P. M. 



Fell 1875, 

 Feb. 12, 

 10:15 P. M. 



Fell 1876, 

 June 28, 

 11:30 A. M. 



Fell 1877, 

 Jan. 3. 



Fell 1877, 

 Oct. 13, 

 2 P. M. 



Waconda, Mitchell Co., Kansas. 



*Mass from interior. Larger part light-gray in 



color, the remaining portion harder and darker. 



Large chondri are visible in the latter. (W. ) 

 Fragment with crust. The latter thin, dull-black, 



blebby. A dark vein passes through a portion of 



the specimen. (W.) 



*Fragment from interior, much weathered. (K.) 



Jhung, Punjaub, India. 



Fragment from interior. Grayish-brown, coarse 

 grained, chondritic, metallic particles few and 

 small. (W.) 



Thin, polished fragment, showing characters like 

 previous specimen. (W.) 



Nash Co., near Castalia, North Carolina. 



Fragment with crust; the latter dull-black and 

 scoriaceous. The color of the stone is dark-gray, 

 with no metallic grains visible. (W.) 



Fragment from interior, showing occasional metal- 

 lic grains. (W. ) 



Homestead, Iowa Co., Iowa . 



Complete individual, nearly covered with crust. 

 Surface indented with broad, shallow pits. Crust 

 thin, dull-black. Interior of stone dark-grav. 



(W.j 



*About three-fourths of a complete individual. 

 Crust and interior like previous specimen. The 

 chondritic structure is well exhibited, and metal- 

 lic grains are numerous. (W. ) 



Polished slab with crust. The abundance of metal- 

 lic constituents is well displayed in this speci- 

 men, as are also the chondri. (W. ) 



Stalldalen, Orebro, Sweden. 



Fragment with crust. The latter black and shin- 

 ing. Interior of the stone dark-gray. (K.) 



Irregular mass, with crust. Interior oxidized to a 

 brownish-black mass, amid which it is difficult 

 to distinguish the structural features. (K. ) 



Warrenton, Warren Co., Missouri. 



Fragment from interior. Resembles a piece of 

 hardened, sandy mud or blue clay, with a few 

 metallic grains visible. (W. ) 



Sarbanovac, Soko - Banja, N. - E. of Alexinatz, 

 S e r v i a. 

 Irregular fragment, of light-gray color, showing 

 chondri about 2 mm. in diameter through the 

 mass, also nodules of troilite and metallic 

 grains. (W.) 



2,835 



151.5 

 5.5 



1.5 



6.5 



3,175 



7,626 

 1,744 



5 

 50 



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