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36. Trinity County, Cal. Found about 187f>. 3.65 grammes of clippings. By ex- 



change from Prof. C. U. Shepard. 



37. Ivanpah, San Bernardino County, Cal. Described in 1880. 70 grammes of turn- 



ings. Gift of State Mining Bureau of California. 



38. Tucson, Ariz. The Signet, Irwin, or Ainsa meteorite. Originally from the 



Santa Catarina Mountains, but long used in Tucson for an anvil. Weigh t, 

 about 6?0 kilogrammes, or 1,400 pounds. Height, 97 centimeters ; greatest 

 width, 124 centimeters; width of opening, 68 centimeters; greatest thickness 

 of ring, 41) centimeters; least thickness of ring, 4.5 centimeters. Gift of Dr. 

 B. J. D. Irwin, U. S. Army. 



39. Sancha estate, Coahuila, Mexico. The Couch meteorite. Weight, 105,400 



grammes. Gift of Lieut. Darius N. Couch, U. S. Army. 



40. Santa Rosa, Coahuila, Mexico. The iron described by Lupton in 1885. Frag- 



ment, weighing 19.3 grammes. Gift of Prof. N.T. Lupton. 



41. Zacatecas, Mexico. Fragment, 14.8 grammes. Gift of J. Berrien Lindsley. 



42. Toluca, Mexico. One polished slice, 850 grammes. From Ward and Howell in 



exchange. 

 One mass of Xiquipilco, 31,298 grammes. Gift of the National Museum of Mexico. 



43. Chihuahua, Mexico. An uncut mass, to be described. Weight about 1,800 kilo- 



grammes. 



44. San Louis Potosi, Mexico. Fragment, weighing 57.4 grammes. Received among 



the Grant relics. 



45. Tocavita, New Granada. Found in 1810. A fragment of less than 1 gramme. 



By exchange from S. C. H. Bailey. 



46. Santa Catarina, Brazil. Found in 1875. Fragment, weighing 82.4 grammes. By 



exchange from the cabinet of Yale College. 



47. Greenland. (Not Ovifak). Weight, 15.65 grammes. By exchange from S. C. H. 



Bailey. 



48. Rowton, Shropshire, England. Fell April 20, 1876. Weight of specimen, 19.5 



grammes. By exchange from the British Museum. 



49. Obernkirchen, Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany. Weight of specimen, 152.5 



grammes. By exchange from the British Museum. 



50. Seelasgen, Brandenburg, Prussia. Weight of specimen, 104.5 grammes. By ex- 



change from B. Stiirtz. 



51. Braunau, Bohemia. [Fell July 14, 1847. Fragment, 7.35 grammes. By ex- 



change from S. C. H. Bailey. 



52. Arva, Hungary. Described in 1844. 98 grammes. By exchange from S. C. H. 



Bailey. 



53. Cape of Good Hope, Africa. Found in 1793. 28.95 grammes. By exchange 



from Prof. C. U. Shepard. 



54. Orange River, South Africa. Weight of specimen, 99.4 grammes. By exchange 



from the cabinet of Amherst College. 



55. Lion River, Great Namaqualand, South Africa. Described in 1853. 34.87 



grammes. By exchange from the cabinet of Amherst College. 



56. Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia. 25.3 grammes of fragments, heated in hydro- 



gen; and a nodule of troilite weighing 71.5 grammes. By exchange from the 

 British Museum. 



57. Locality unknown. Partially described by Shepard in 1881. Found without 



record in the old Smithsonian collection. Specimen nearly entire, weighing 

 3,510 grammes. 



58. The Abert Iron. Locality unknown. Found without label, entire, in a collec- 



tion of minerals made by the late Col. J. J. Abert, and presented to the Museum 

 by his son, J. T. Abert. Original weight, 456 grammes. There now remain in 

 the collection— the main mass, 150 grammes; a. polished section, 49 grammes. 



H. Mis. 170, pt. 2— -17 



