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Vauiktv. — Saxonite, mO-'JK 



Iowa Co., Iowa, 80-8)^. Oiij.'iii of the cliomliitic structure, r^h, f*7. Occurrence 

 of a base in meteorites, 87. Dlmrtusala, India, 88. Kiiyaliiuya, HuMf,'ary, 88-01 ; 

 organic remains in, 80. The constitution of meteorites such that they could not 

 have existed iu conditions suitable for hfe, 01. Cliondritic structure, 01. 

 Onadcnfrei, Silesia, 01, 02. (Icjpalpur, India, 02; feld.spai in it doubtful, 02. 

 Ijutsuiii, India, 02, 03. Lance, France, 'Jo. Tourinnes-la-(jrosse, lielgiura, 03. 

 Waconda, Kansas, 03, 04. Goalpara, India, 04. 



Variety. — Lherzolite, 0-1-101. 



Pultusk, Poland, 04, 95. New ('oncord, Ohio, 05, OG. Mocs, Transylvania, 

 9G. Zsadany, Banat, OG, 07. Estherville, Iowa, 07-101. Iron globules in, 07, 

 98. Peckhamite, 90, 101. Meumkr'.s theory of the origin of the Estherville 

 meteorite, 09, 100; objections thereto, 100. Variations in structure of this 

 meteorite, 100, 101. 



Vauikty. — Buchnerite, 101, 102. 



Tieschitz, Moravia, 101, 102. Peculiar character of its chondri, 101. Hungen, 

 Germany, 102. Grosnaja, Caucasus, 102. Alfianello, Italy, 102. 



Miscellaneous, 103-105. 



Bavarian Meteorites : Mauerkirschen, Eichstadt, Schonenberg, and Kriihon- 

 berg, 103. Cabarras Co, Noi'th Carolina, 103, 104. Mezo-Madaras, Transyl- 

 vania, 104. Alessandria, Piedmont, 104. Renazzo, Italy, 104 ; S[)ecial study 

 should be made of this form, 104. Linn (.'o., Iowa, 104. Ausson, France, 101. 

 Nanjemoy, Maryland, 104. Drake Creek, Tennessee, 104. L'Aigle, France, 105. 

 Weston, Connecticut, 105. Chateau Renai'd, France, 105. Hessle, Sweden, 105. 

 Nobleboro', Maine, 105. 



Variety. — Tufa, 105, lOG. 



Orvinio, Italy, 105, lOG. Chantonnny, France, 106. 



SECTION III. 

 The Meteorites. — Their Origin .\nd Character IOG-118 



Maskelyne's teachings, lOG, 107. Sorby's views, 107, 108. Forbes's micro- 

 scopic observations, 108. Meuxier's theory and Forres's criticism of it, 108, 100. 

 Tschermak's idea of the tufaceous character of meteorites, and their eruptive 

 origin, 100, 110. Objections to the preceding views, 110-112. The Chondrif.f: 

 Structure limited to a certain chemical and mineralogical type of meteorites, 110. 

 Continuity of the Chondri and Matrix, 110, 111. Structure of meteorites rarely 

 fragmental, 111, 112. Chondritic Structure produced by rapid crystallization, 

 111. Enclosures in meteorites, 111, 112. Meteorites derived from liquid, not 

 solid material, 112, 113. The Sun, or some similar body, their most probable 

 source, 112. Community of elements in the Sun and Meteorites, 112. Possi- 

 bilities of Meteorites being thrown from tlie Sun, 113. Probable liquid condition 

 of the Sun, 113. Meteoric ccmstitution of some astronomical objects, 113. The 

 theory that Meteorites are thrown from the Sun is old, 113, 114. Abundance of 

 Metallic Meteorites in past times, 114. Meteorites not thrown from the Moon, 

 114 ; and not from the Earth in past times, 114. Need of further careful study 



