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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1913. 



Merrill, Georoe P. — Continued. 



individual, and an etched surface, 

 enlarged. Its resemblance to the 

 Ballinoo, West Australia, iron is 

 noted, and the results of a chemical 

 analysis by Dr. J. E. Whitfield are 

 given in comparison with an average 

 of two analyses of the Ballinoo iron. 

 The occurrence of ruthenium in a 

 meteoric iron is here noted for the first 

 time. 



A newly found meteorite from 



near Cullison, Pratt County, Kansas. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, 

 No. 1952, Apr. 12, 1913, 

 pp. 325-330, pis. 54, 55. 

 Notes the reported fall of this 

 meteoric stone on December 22, 1902, 

 and its find in 1911. A description 

 and figures of the entire mass as 

 found, and of a polished slice, are 

 given. Chemical and mechanical 

 analyses of the stone, by Dr. J. E. 

 Whitfield, are followed by a discus- 

 sion of the results V.y the author. 



On the minor constituents of 



meteontes. 



Amer. Journ. Sci., 4th ser., 

 35, May, 1913, pp. 509- 

 525. 

 The author takes up the discussion 

 of the nongaseous elements, the re- 

 ported occurrence of which has 

 seemed open to question. A review 

 of the reported occurrence in meteor- 

 ites of arsenic, antimony, copper, 

 gold, lead, lithia, platinum, palla- 

 dium, iridium, tin, titanium, vana- 

 dium, and zinc is followed by a rec- 

 ord of results of careful determina- 

 tions on 11 meteorites by Dr. J. E. 

 Whitfield, and a discussion of these 

 results by the author. This work was 

 done under a grant from the National 

 Academy of Sciences. 



Merrill, George P. Notes on concre- 

 tions from Mexican oil wells. 



Bull. Oeol. Soc. Amer., 24, 

 June 10, 1913, pp. 263, 

 264, pis. 5, 6. 



Describes the structure and compo- 

 sition, and discusses the origin of some 

 calcareous concretions submitted by 

 Dr. I. C. White and is published as 

 part of his paper entitled ' ' Petroleum 

 fields of northeastern Mexico between 

 the Tamesi and Tuxpam Rivers." 



PoGUE, Joseph E. The aboriginal use of 

 turquois in North America. 



Amer. Anthropologist, n. s., 

 14, No. 3, July-Sept., 

 1912, pp. 437-466, pis. 

 2&-32. 

 Gives a detailed review of the appli- 

 cation of turquois among the North 

 American aboriginal tribes of both 

 past and present times. 



On a cerussite twin from the Mam- 

 moth Mine, Pinal County, Arizona. 



Amer. Journ. Sci., 4th ser., 

 35, Jan., 1913, pp. 90-92, 

 2 figs. 

 Describes and figures a cerussite 

 crystal twinned after the rare r-law. 



and V. Goldschmidt. On quartz 



from Alexander County, North Carolina. 

 Amer. Journ. Sci., 4th ser., 

 34, Nov., 1912, pp. 414- 

 420, figs. 1-4. 

 A crystaUographic description of 

 two quartz crystals with rare and new 

 faces. One of the specimens, show- 

 ing three new faces, is the property of 

 the U. S. National Museum. 



Zwei quarze von Alexan- 



der County. 



Zeitschr.fiir KrystaUographie 



und Mineralogie, 51, Heft 



3, 1912, pp. 26&-273, figs. 



1-4. 



A reprint in German of the matter 



in the preceding paper. 



PALEONTOLOGY. 



Berry, Edward W. A fossil flower from 

 the Eocene. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 45, 



No. 1980, June 13, 1913, 



pp. 261-263, pi. 21, 1 fig. 



Describes and figures a new genus 



and species of foEsU flower, Combre- 



tanthites eocenica. 



Clarke, John M., and Rudolf Ruede- 



MANN. The Eurypterida of New York. 



N. Y. State Mus., Memoir 



14, 1912, 1, pp. 1-439, 



frontispiece, 121 figs; 2, 



pp. 441-628, 88 pis. 



A monograph on the Eurypterida 



of New York. A number of speci- 



Clarke, John M., and Rudolf Ruede- 

 MANN — Continued. 



mens belonging to the National Mu- 

 seum are used as the basis of descrip- 

 tions and figures. 



CocKERELL, T. D. A. Some fossil insects 

 from Florissant, Colorado. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 44, 

 No. 1955, Apr. 30, 1913, 

 pp. 341-346, pi. 56, 3 figs. 

 Describes 5 species, 3 of which are 

 new, and founds the new genus Eobru- 

 neria. Four of the specimens de- 

 scribed are in the National Museum. 



