CATALOGUE OF METEORITE COLLECTION. ft 7 7 



Bi'nr Cm'k, Jefferson County (?), Colorado. Iron. Weiglit, 27.73 ^'raiiif<. Found 1866. 

 Thin section polished and etched, Widinanstiittian figures good, taniite plates 

 distinct. Catalogue number, 46605. Section of mass (weight, 117.20 grams), 

 showing troilite nodule. Section (weight, 62.05 grams) with well-marked Wid- 

 manstilttian figures and distinct plates of ta;nite. Two vials of fragments, 

 showing octahedral cleavage. Total weight, 307. OS grams. The Shepard Col- 

 lection, No. 75. 



Bmirr Creek, AVest Kootenai District, British Columbia. Stone. Weight, 330.5 

 grams. Fell May 26, 1893, 3 p. m. Mass with dull l)lack, papillated crust. 

 Interior dark ash gray, containing chondrules and luetallic! grains. Structure 

 coarse granular. Catalogue numl)er, 81155. Gift of James Hisloi>, through 

 E. E. Howell. 



Bella Uvea, Sierra de Sail Francisco, Santiago Papasquiaro, Durango, ^Mexico. Iron. 

 Weight, 152 grams. Found 1888. Irregularly shaped fragment, containing a 

 cast of a large troilite nodule. One surface etched, showing Widmanstiittian 

 figures and scattering flakes of troilite. Catalogue number, 48346. 



Bemdegn, Monte Santo, Bahia, Brazil. Iron. Weight, 102 grams. Foimd 1784. 

 The Shepard Collection, No. 8. 



Benares, Krakhut, Bengal, India. Stone. Weiglit, 1 gram. Fell December 19, 

 1798, 8 p. m. Fragment. Catalogue numl^er, 46076. Fragment with crust. 

 Weight, 7.32 gram.s. Polished surface shows chondrules and scattered metallic 

 grains. The Shepard Collection, No. 131. 



Bisrhluhe, Nikolaev, Turgai, Russia. Iron. Weight, 1,502.59 grams. Found 1888. 

 Cross section of mass. One face etcheil, showing large, coarse Widmanstiittian 

 figures, numerous small plates and nodules of schreibersite, and some troilite. 

 Catalogue number, 84718. • 



BhJioprUle, Sumter County, South Carolina. Fragment from interior. Weight, 102 

 grams. Catalogue number, 84697. 



Stone. Weight, 1,090.4 grams. Fell March 25, 1843. Mass with grayish 

 vitreous crust. One vial of chladnite. The Shepard Collection, No. 166. 



Bithnrg (Albacher Miihle), Rhenish Prussia, Germany. Pallasite. Weight, 22 

 grams. Found 1802. Fragment. Catalogue number, 47739. (jrift of R. de 

 Kroustchoff. 



Bjelaja Zerkor, Ukraine, Kiev, Russia. Stone. Weight, 10.4 grams. Fell January 

 16, 1796. Fragment from interior. Ground mass ash gray deeply stained with 

 rust. Catalogue number, 81175. 



Bjelokriinitsehie, Volhynia, Russia. Stone. Weight, 7.7 grams. Fell January 1, 

 1887. Fragment from interior, one surface polished. (Tround mass rust-brown 

 from oxidation and containing numerous metallic grains. Structure chondritic. 

 Catalogue number, 84598. 



Bjiirhole, South coast of Finland. Stone. Weight, 620 grams. Fell March 12, 1899. 

 Fragments with crust. Crust surface dull black; in swellings and showing well- 

 marked lines of flow. Ground mass ash gray, flecked with rust, and containing 

 numerous large chondrules and scattering grains of troilite and nickel iron. The 

 mass is traversed Ijy three metallic veins. Catalogue number, 84771. 



i>'o/(«;/;(7/7z, Bohemia, Austria. Iron. Weight, 0.95 gram. Found 1829. Fragment 

 with original surface. One side etch(>d to show ^^'i<hnanst;ittiaIl figures. The 

 Shepard Collection, No. 21. 



^^ Bonanza," Bolson de Mapimi, Mexico. Iron. Weight, 238.6 grams. Found 1837. 

 Two fragments etched. The Shepard Collection, No. 27. 



Borknt, Marraaros, Hungary. Stone. Weight, 2 grams. i'\'il October 13, 1852, 3 

 p. m. Fragment from interior. (Jround mass dark ash gray, containing numi'r- 

 ous chondrules and metallic grains. Catalogue numljer, 82752. 



