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CATALOGUE OF CALCUTTA METEORITE COLLECTION. 
Date of 
Tall or Find. 
Name and Description. 
Weight in 
Grammes. 
Fell 1838, June 6 
CHAN DAK ARPUR, Berar, Central 
Provinces, India. 
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iStone. Intermediate chondrite, Ci. 
Piece with crust. Interior 
compact, dark grey, with 
badly formed chondri and 
chondrus of a wliite, fibrous 
mineral is present. At one 
corner a large .sulphide crys- 
tal ? projects. Crust dark 
brownish-black to black, 
t.hin tiTlt*Iv blpbbv niffr^rl 
Reg. No. 136 (1) . 
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Fragment ^vith crust. The 
latter is more mottled than 
in the previous specimen. 
Rpc No 13fi 
1Q 
Fragment with crust and a 
and dark grey spots, rusted 
patches and bright metallic 
grains. Reg. No. 136 (4) 
15 
1854 : Greg : Phil. Mag., Vol. 8, 
p. 460. 
This stone has " recently been 
carefully analysed. 
1910 : Bowman and Clarke : " On the 
structure and composition of the 
Chandakapur meteoric stone ". 
Min. Mag. Vol. XV, No. 72, 
pp. 350-376 with plates. 
Original weight 9,114 gma. ? 
