Meteokite Collection. — Handbook and Catalogue. 



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Aerolites or stone meteorites. 



Cat. 



No 



Date 

 of Fall or Find. 



NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 



Weight 

 in grams 



847 



348 

 348 



327 

 350 



Fell 1890, 

 June 25, 

 1 P. M. 



Found 1891. 



351 



Fell 1892, 

 Aug. 29. 



352 

 353 



356 



Fell 1893, 

 May 26, 

 3 P. M. 



Farmington, Washington Co., Kansas. 



Large section of complete individual, showing 

 crust and one polished surface. The crust sur- 

 face is rounded, but the usual pittingsare absent. 

 Bead-like projections mark the presence of me- 

 tallic nodules which resisted fusion. (W.) 



Full-sized slab, polished. The delicate veins 

 filled with metal, noted by Preston, are beauti- 

 fully exhibited in this specimen. (W.) 



Nearly complete individual. The metallic beads 

 on the surface are numerous, and the scale-like 

 crust seems to be largely metallic. In other 

 respects like previous specimen. (K . ) 



Section showing natural and polished surfaces. 

 The latter shows several fissures filled with metal, 

 running in two directions. (K.) 



Long Island, Phillips Co., Kansas . 



Nearly complete individual, made up of four 

 pieces which have been placed together along the 

 line of original fracture. The other 2,930 pieces, 

 varying in weight from 10,000 grammes to 5 

 grammes, were probably also a part of the same 

 individual at the time it fell to the earth. The 

 surface of the main mass is indented by shallow, 

 elliptical pits, the long axes of which run in par- 

 allel directions. The crust is smooth and brown, 

 but in many places coated with a white incrusta- 

 tion of carbonate of lime, derived from the soil 

 in which the stone lay. The interior of the mass 

 shows a very compact, fine-grained texture, with 

 few metallic grains; color, blue-gray. The smaller 

 fragments are much rusted by exposure. (K.) 



Bath, South Dakota. 



Irregular fragment, with crust and polished sur- 

 face. The crust surface is indented with broad, 

 shallow pits. Crust, dull-black, papillated, not 

 more than .3 mm. in thickness. Interior, gray- 

 ish-brown, of fine-granular structure, contain- 

 ing minute metallic grains. A portion shows 

 "slickensided" surface. (W.) 



Beaver Creek, British Columbia. 



Fragment, with crust. Interior, dark gray, made 

 up of small, glassy chondri, and fine metallic 

 grains. (\V.) 



Like previous specimen. Crust dull black, about 

 .3 mm. thick. (W.) 



(date not known.) 

 Terni, Italy. 



Fragment, with crust. Crust dull-black, scoriace- 

 ous. nearly .2 mm. in thickness. Interior of 

 stone light bluish-gray. Shows chondri and 

 metallic grains. (W.) 



13.865 



2,792 



8,167 



327 



534. 4G7 



1,270 



5.5 

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