1890. HOWELL—DESCRIPTION OF NEW METEORITES. 
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THE EL CHANARALINO METEORITE. 
The beautiful siderite which is the subject of this notice, was found 
by Prof. Ward in the music store of Sefor Kissinger, in Valparaiso, 
Chili, S. A., in May, 1889, where it had been deposited by the owner, 
Sefior Lorenzo Sundt, who has since informed us that he purchased it 
in 1884 of a woman who kept a green grocery store at the port of 
Chafiaral, Chili (latitude about 26° south). When first seen by him it 
was surrounded and partially covered with onions, and a spider had 
made its home in a specially deep pitting. 
It had been brought in from near the mining camp of Merceditas, 
ten or twelve leagues to the east of Chafaral, by the woman’s husband, 
a miner, who thought it must be silver. 
EL CHAXARALINO METEORITE. 
(One-fourth natural size.) 
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The general form of the meteorite is, as shown in the illustration, 
unusually angular with no rounded corners. In addition to the usual 
pittings, which are well marked and characteristic on all sides, there 
are numerous small pittings, apparently of later formation, arranged in 
parallel rows about half an inch apart. These bear no relation to the 
other pittings, but are evidently referable to the structure, and although 
more numerous in some places than others are seen on all sides, and 
arranged in planes that cross those of the adjacent sides at right angles, 
approximately. Some of those on two sides may be seen in the illustra- 
