THE METEORITE COLLECTION IN THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM; A 

 CATALOGUE OF METEORITES REPRESENTED NOVEMBER 1, VM. 



By F. W. Clarke. 



The following catalogue has been prepared mainly to facilitate ex- 

 changes and to aid in the upbuilding of the collection. In aiUlition to 

 the usual information as to title, date of fall, and weight of sj)ecimen, it 

 has been thought well to give the source from which each exami)le was 

 obtained; and it maybe interesting to note that the meteorites ac- 

 credited to Dr. J. Berrien Lindsley were mainly received by him from 

 the late Dr. J. Lawrence Smith. In the catalogue of the Shepard col- 

 lection, now on deposit in the Museum, the arrangement of Professor 

 Shepard himself has been followed without change. Including the 

 Shepard meteorites, over L'OO falls are now on exhibition, giving the 

 entire collection a very respectable place among the larger collections 

 of the world. The Tucson iron is unique, and therefore a cut of it is 

 inserted. 



METEORIC IKONS. 



1. ScKiiiA, Oswej^o County, N. Y. Fouiul about iy;54. Fnignient, 'J.15 gramniL'H. By 



excliango froui S. C. H. Bailey. 



2. B.URi.iNGTON, Otsego County, N. Y. Ploughed up ])reviou8 to 1.^10. Weight of 



specimen, 7().87 grammes. By exchange from Prof. C. U. Shepard. 

 .3. LoCKPOUT, Niagara County, N. Y. Ploughed uj) earlier tbau 1845. Slice weigh- 

 ing l."j.5 grammes. By exchange from the cabinet of Yale College. 



4. Jenny's Creek, Wayne County, W. Va. Found in 1884. Several small frag- 



ments, 25. r> 3rauimes in all; largest fragment, 1.5.3 grammes. By exchange 

 from G. F. Kunz. 



5. Staunton, Augusta County, Va. — 



A. From mass described by Mallet, a slice weighing 145 grannnes. By exchange 

 from Ward and irowell. 



B. From the "Fifth" mass described by Kuu/, four fragments weighing in all 

 9.H() grammes. By exchange from G. F. Kunz. 



6. KocKiNUiiAM County, Va. Found earlier than 18(;3. Weight of specimen .58.8 



grammes. By exchange from the cabinet of Harvard University. 



7. Jewell Hill, Madison County, N. C. 91 grammes. Gift of J. Berrien Lindsley. 



8. Kukf's Mountain, Lexington County, S. C. Fragment, 9.7 grammes. By ox- 



change from Prof. C. U. Shepard. 



9. Lexington County, S. C. Described in 1881. 65 grammes. By exchange from 



Prof. C. U. Shepard. 



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