256 BROWN : CATALOGUE OF CALCUTTA METEORITE COLLECTION. 
Date of 
Fall or Find. 
Name and Description. 
Weight in 
Grammes. 
Fell 1857, December 27 
QUENGG WK~cmitd. 
1800: Haidinger: \\ icnAkaiL,Ber., 
Vol. XLI, pp. 750-751. 
Proc, Asiatic Soc, Bengal, Vol. 
XXIX, pp. 416-418. 
Found 1882 . 
RANCHO DE LA PILA, Durango, 
Mexico. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite, Cm- 
Fragment partly edged with 
crust. An etched .surface 
shows indistinct Widmans- 
tatten figures. Reg. No. 154 
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Found 1810 
RASGATA, Columbia, South America. 
Iron. Ataxite, Siratik group, 
Ds. Piece with natural, poli- 
shed and etched surfaces. The 
latter is minutely stippled. 
Reg. No. 71 . . . 
60 
Mentioned 1808 
RED RIVER (CROSS TIMBERS), 
Texas, United States of America. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite. Cm. 
Large slab with a little natu- 
ral crust on one edge. An 
fii" oil f '1 r*** till n\i7t; i rl tvi q ti 
statten figures and troilite in- 
clusions. Reg. No. 108 (1) . 
Piece nearly entirely edged with 
natural crust. An etched 
face shows symmetrical Wid- 
manstiitten figures. Reg. 
No. 108 (2) ... 
83 
110 
Found 1895 
REED CITY, Osceola County, 
Michigan, United States of 
America. 
Iron. Octahedrite, Hammond 
Group, Oh. Etched slab edged 
with crust. Shows coarse 
Widmanstiitten figures with 
discontinuous taenite lamellae 
and inclusions of schreibersite. 
Reg. No. 158 . 
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