28 C. U. Shepard—New Classification of Meteorites. 
* 
Orver 6th. Teniastic. 
1. Cape of Good Hope, Africa. Found 1801. 
OrvEr 7th. ephelic. 
1. Black sou S. Car., U.S. A.) 4. — — U.S. A. Found 
Found 1835. 
2. Seelasgen, nee Found 1847.|5. Phase rg, Penn., U.S. A. Found’ 
3. pee age ree S.A. Found 1850 
6. Tabara, Thuringia. Found 1854. 
APPENDIX TO SuB-CLass II. Markings not ascertained. 
1. Savisavik, Greenland. Found 1850? 
2. Benton, Texas, U.S. A. Found 1856, 
7 Brazos, Tex na Uy S. A. Found 1856. 
Total number of localities in the collection, 211. 
METEORIC MINERALS.* 
1. CHAMASITE, noe pecurene Fe, or variable mixtures of Fe and Ni 
up to 23 p. c. of the 
2. Tanirs, (Reichenbach.) Fox Nit, (Fe*Ni3. ?)t 
3. Oxrippeuite, (Shepard. Ni. 
4. Scnrerpersire, (Haidinger.) Fe* = Pr (Fe* Ni?P. ?)f 
5. Raappire, (Reichenhach.) Fex Nix 
6. Cuanyeire, (Shepard.) Fe Cx, Fonction obtained as a lead- 
ing constituent of the Niakornak Iron a bard, brittle, _oeee like 
compound of iron and carbon in proportions of from 7-23 to 11-06 ps Cs 
of earbon, which would eage the formula of Fe?C for this species. 
cf Fesnostiorr, biroe’ ard). Fe® Si (Si being 22). 
8. Trotire, (Re: keshjehss Fe7 S® (or Fe Kes ot S 37°93). 
9. Geaparrom, (Shepard). Fe* Cx (nearly p ). 
i Kaparre, (Shepard). Cx H*Ox Or (mettotie ll ae 
11. Caromtre. _ Fe €r (with traces of Mg). 
Ze 
13. OLivine. fe? Si+9 Mg?Si (=Si 41-3, Mg 47, Fe 10) 
14. Averre or Ensrarire. Mg Si (=Si 59°71, Mg 
15. Prppinetonire, ( Haidinger). RSi+R? Si8 otior 66, Fe 20°65, Mg 19, 
16. Bus ecu (Rose), Mg? Si* (=Si 68°91, Mg 31: 
17. Anortnire. RXAISi* (R being mostly Gh, with a ine Mg, Na and R. 
is sug R as wholly Ga, composition would be Si 45-8, Al 25-00 and 
3-00 
18. Lapeanonare. R A18i*. (R chiefly CaNa and K. Composition nearly 
53-09, AL30°39, Ca 16°52.) 
* Only those species are enumerated which are ——— to have existed in me- 
teorites omg to their bait hs within our atmos 
ed in single instance among the iron - nickel ape of the pro- 
duce of the digress a Gap, Penn., thin fone of an alloy of Fe and Ni precise- 
resembling the Tanite of meteoric iron, which consisted of Fe 56:11 and Ni 43°89. 
¢ An artificial compound having this composition was by Deville. 
Amherst College, Sept. 29, 1866. 
