THE METEORITE COLLECTION IN THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM; A 

 CATALOGUE OF METEORITES REPRESENTED NOVEMBER 1, 1886, 



By F. W. Clarke. 



The following catalogue has been prepared mainly to facilitate ex- 

 changes and to aid in the upbuilding of the collection. In addition to 

 the usual information as to title, date of fall, and weight of specimen, it 

 has beeu thought well to give the source from which each example was 

 obtained ; and it may be interesting to note that the meteorites ac- 

 credited to Dr. J. Berrien. Lindsley were mainly received by him from 

 the late Dr. J. Lawrence Smith. In the catalogue of the Shepard col- 

 lection, now on deposit in the Museum, the arrangement of Professor 

 Shepard himself has been followed without change. Including the 

 Shepard meteorites, over 200 falls are now on exhibition, giving the 

 entire collection a very respectable place among the larger collections 

 of the world. The Tucson iron is unique, and therefore a cut of it is 

 inserted. 



METEORIC IRONS. 



1. Scriba, Oswego County, N. Y. Fouud about 1834. Fragment, 9.15 grammes. By 



exchange from S. C. H. Bailey. 



2. Burlington, Otsego County, N. Y. Ploughed up previous to 1819. Weight of 



specimen, 76.87 grammes. By exchange from Prof. C. U. Shepard. 



3. Lockport, Niagara County, N. Y. Ploughed up earlier thau 1845. Slice weigh- 



ing 155 grammes. By exchange from the cabinet of Yale College. 



4. Jenny's Cheek, Wayne County, W. Va. Found in 1884. Several small frag- 



ments, 25.5 grammes in all; largest fragment, 15.3 grammes. By exchango 

 from G. F. Kunz. 



5. Staunton, Augusta County, Va. — 



A. From mass described by Mallet, a slice weighing 145 grammes. By exchange 

 from Ward and Howell. 



B. From the "Fifth" mass described by Kunz, four fragments weighing in all 

 9.86 grammes. By exchange from G. F. Kunz. 



6. Rockingham County, Va. Found earlier than 1863. Weight of specimen 58.8 



grammes. By exchange from the cabinet of Harvard University. 



7. Jewell Hill, Madison County, N. C. 91 grammes. Gift of J. Berrien Lindsley. 



8. Ruff's Mountain, Lexington County, S. C. Fragment, 9.7 grammes. By ex- 



change from Prof. C. U. Shepard. 



9. Lexington County, S. C. Described in 1881, 65 grammes. By exchange from 



Prof. C,U, Shepard. 



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