CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF METEORITES 
Since the publication of the last catalogue of the meteorite collection* 
the collection has been more than doubled both in number of falls and 
in weight. The last catalogue listed 251 falls and a weight of 2,289 
kilograms; the present catalogue records 657 falls and a weight of 
7,506 kilograms. This great increase has come chiefly through the 
acquisition of the Ward-Coonley collection, a collection which numbered 
620 falls and had a weight of 2,495 kilograms. The Ward-Coonley 
‘collection included that of James R. Gregory of London, numbering 
406 falls, and that of Count Julien de Siemaschko of St. Petersburg, 
i numbering 402 falls. The specimens listed as belonging to these 
‘collectors in Wilfing’s catalogueT are now therefore chiefly to be found 
in the Field Museum. Among important specimens included in the 
Gregory collection were an individual of Youndegin weighing 141 kilos 
(310 Ibs.) and of Nejed weighing 48 kilos (105 lbs.); also about one- 
| third the original mass of Pipe Creek. The Siemaschko collection was 
otable especially for its fine series of Russian and Siberian meteorites, 
among which were a large individual of Indarch weighing 18 kilos, a 
A ge mass weighing 2.2 kilos of Mighei, about one-third the original 
“mass of Pavlodar (Jamyschewa) and a large mass of Tabory (Ochansk). 
‘The specimens obtained by Professor Ward personally included masses 
: of Ilimaés, Lampa, Arispe, Yanhuitlan, Santa Rosa, Ballinoo, Bar- 
Sratta and Roebourne. Individuals or large masses of the Bath Furnace, 
‘Billings, Bluff, Canyon City, Castine, Estacado, Illinois Gulch, Luis 
Lopez, McKinney, Ness County, Oakley, Petersburg, Saint Genevieve 
sand Surprise Springs meteorites also proved important features of 
_ Professor Ward’s collection, and the amount of Canyon Diablo contained 
he 1 his collection was the largest in the possession of any collector. In 
‘addition to the material obtained from the Ward-Coonley collection 
‘the Museum has acquired subsequent to the publication of the last 
catalogue, representatives of about 50 falls. These included the total 
penasses of Ahumada (s2 kilos), Blanket (3 kilos), Leighton (850 grams), 
' Pickens County (380 grams), Rodeo (44 kilos), South Bend (2 kilos) 
and the large masses of Quinn Canyon and Davis Mountains weighing 
‘1,450 and 690 kilos respectively. 
 *Pubs. Field Col. Mus. 1903, Geol. Ser. 2, 79-124. 
TDie Meteoriten in Sammlungen. Titibingen, 1897. 
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