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BROWN : CATALOGUE OF CALCUTTA METEORITE COLLECTION. 
Date of 
Fall or Find. 
Name and Description. 
Weight in 
Grammes. 
Fell 1903, October 22 . 
DOKACHI, Dacca District, Bengal, 
India. 
Stone. Intermediate chondrite, 
Ci, and veined intermediate 
chondrite, Cia. Largest com- 
plete individual, covered with 
a dull to glossy crust, varying 
in colour from black to 
brownish- black. Rusted and 
greyish-white, superposed 
spots are common. Fittings 
and thumb marks show on each 
face, and the crust though 
smooth in places is more 
usually covered with small 
granulations. A fractured 
portion at one end exhibits 
a dark grey interior with 
abundant small chondri. Reg. 
No. 240-A. 1 . . . 
Small, flattened individual, 
completely covered with a 
glossy black, papillated crust. 
Reg. No. 240-A. 3 
1,571 
195 
The following five specimens are all 
slices through the same stone : 
End portion, with one poUshed 
face, partially covered with 
crust. The latter is dull to 
shining black and papillated, 
the pimples being due to fused 
metallic grains. Interior pale 
ash-grey, containing numer- 
ous darker grey and a few 
light grey chondri. Fine 
grains of shining nickel-iron 
are well distributed through 
the stone. Rust spots are 
common. Reg. No. 240-B. 5. 
72 
Slice completely edged with 
crust, both faces polished. 
Like previous specimen, but a 
thin black vein traverses the 
slice. Reg. No. 240-B. 4 
71 
