DHSCRIlTIVn CATALO(;UH OF THE METHORITH COLLECTION 

 L\ THE UNLLED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM TO JANUARY 



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Ahtrl. Iron. Weight, 150 trraiiis. Section of niast^. One faee etched, showing 

 coarse Widmanstattian tiirures. l^ocahty unknown; found without lal)el in a 

 collection of minerals* belontring to Col. J. J. Abert. Catalogue number, 44363. 

 Gift of J. T. Abert. 



Fragment. Weight, 11.3 granit^. The Shepard Collection, No. '20. 



Adiniir, Kansas. Stony iron. Weight, 5,460 gramn. Catalogue numl)er, S4798. 

 Weight, 6,725 grams. Catalogue number, 84S02. Weight, 2,048 grams. Cata- 

 logue number, 84812. Weight, 432 grams. Catalogue numlx'r, 84813. Cift of 

 W\ C. Davis. 



Ajen [Brethon, near Castelmoron], Lot-et-Caronne, France. Stone. Weight, 38 

 grams. Fell September 5, 1814. Fragment from interior. Ground mass light 

 ash-gray, traversed by numerous streaks or veins of a darker color. ( Jround ma.ss 

 much fractured and containing white chondrules and metallic grains. Cata- 

 logue number, 84740. 



Alais, Gard, France. Stone. Weight, 0.60 gram. Fell March 15, 1806, 5 p. m. 

 Carbonaceous. A dark brown powder and some friable fragments. The Shep- 

 ard Collection, No. 133. 



^4//<<(rWo, near Modena, Italy. Stone. AVeight, 1 gram. Fell July, 1766. Fragment 

 from interior. Ground mass light gray. The Shejtard Collection, No. 124. 



^i//>M(/HtT7«(', New Mexico. Iron. Weight, 58.61 grams. Found 1884. (a) Section; 

 weight, 0.56 gram, with original and etched surfaces. Catalogue number, 44372. 

 Gift of Richard Pearce. (b) Turnings; weight, 2.61 grams. Catalogue number, 

 46615. Gift of L. G. Eakins. 



^l/e.r«?irfer Con»i/>/, North Carolina. Iron. Weight, 12.3 grams. Found 1860. Frag- 

 ment, etched; etching develops large i)lates of tjenite. The Shepard Collection, 

 No. 82. 



Altimuilo, near Pontetico and Brescia, Cremona, Italy. Stone. Weight, 61.3 grams. 

 Fell February 16, 1883, 3 j). m. Fragment from interior. (Ground mass ash- 

 gray flecked with rust and containing chondrules and metallic grains. Structure, 

 fine granular. Catalogue number, 46625. 



Two fragments from interior. Weight, 2i».54 grams. TheShei)ard Collection, 

 No. 237. 



Allegan, Thomas Hill, Saugatuck road, Allegan County, Michigan. Stone. Weight, 

 30 kilograms. Fell July 10, 1899. (See Plate 2.) 



Anderson, Little Miami Valley, Hamilton County, Ohio. Stony iron. AVeight, 

 14.8 grams. Fragment. The iron matrix contains nodules of stony matter. 

 Found in an Indian mound, Nf). 3 of the Turner group. Catalogue number, 

 47391. Gift of Peabody Museum oi American Archieology. 



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