Al.I'HAMK'rrCAI, LIST. 
285 
Date of 
Fall or Find. 
Fell about 1860-62 
Fell 1862, October 7 
Known 1884 
Name and Description. 
MEERUT, Meenit District, United 
rrovinccs, India. 
ytonc. Inti'rnicdiatc chondrite, 
Ci. Fragment from interior, 
cut into a knife handle. The 
poli.slicd surface shows a mot- 
tled grey groundmass with 
numerous, well developed, 
li^rht and dark coloured 
chondri, and coarse metallic 
grains. The piece has been 
broken and recemented. Reg. 
No. 203 ... . 
1901 : Blyth : Calcutta Catalogue. 
MENOW, Mecklenburg, Germany. 
Stone. Crystalline spherical 
chondrite, Cck. Large mass 
forming one end of a complete 
stone, with polished face and 
crust. Interior black with 
large black chondri and very 
numerous, scattered, shining, 
metallic grains. Texture 
coarse. Crust thick, dull 
black, very rough and does 
not adhere well to the stone. 
Reg. No. 180 . 
MERCEDITAS, Chafiaral, Chili. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite, Om. 
Large slab, 17 x 11 x 0 5 cms., 
with natural edge in part. An 
etched face shows well deve- 
loped Widmanstatten figures 
and large troilite inclusions. 
Reg. No. 133 .. . 
Etched slab with natural edge 
in part showing Widmanstat- 
ten figures and a narrow zone 
of alteration inside the natural 
surface. Reg. No. 120 
Weight in 
(Jrammcs. 
