Marcu, 1916. METEORITE COLLECTION — CATALOGUE 
Date 
- | of Fall or Find. 
Found 1869 
Found 1818 
Found 1888 
Found 1887 
Found 1840 
Recognized 
1867 
Found 1877 
Fell 1874 
May 14 
2:30 P. M. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Caperr, Chubut, Patagonia. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite. Full-sized section, 
etched. A long, straight vein of some acces- 
sory mineral traverses this specimen. Cat. 
No. 1005. 
Cape York, Greenland. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite. Shavings. Cat. 
No. 953. 
Carcote, Atacama, Chile. 
Stone. Crystalline chondrite. Sawed frag- 
ment. Cat. No. 1492. 
Carlton, Hamilton Co., Texas. 
Iron. Finest octahedrite. Full-sized, thin 
slab, 22x80 cm., showing polished and etched 
surfaces. The etching figures are beautifully 
distinct and appear as delicate lines running 
parallel in two directions throughout the mass. 
Schreibersite is distributed in radiating veins. 
Cat. No. 181. 
Full-sized, etched section. Cat. No. 879. 
Full-sized, etched section. Cat. No. 880. 
Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite. Etched section 
with crust. Cat. No. 924. 
Thick slab showing polished and etched surface 
and crust. Coarse figures are dimly outlined. 
The lines of taenite are very delicate. Cat. 
No. 51. 
Caney Fork. Etched section with crust. Cat. 
No. 925. 
Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite. Broad slab, 24x41 
cm. etched. Cat. No. 881 
Broad, etched slab. Cat. No. 882. 
Etched section, 12x13 cm. Cat. No. 524. 
Casey County, Kentucky. 
Iron. Coarse octahedrite. Etched section in 
two parts. The kamacite masses are not as 
broad as in the following specimen. Cat. 
No. 1076. 
Etched section with crust. Both granular and 
hatched kamacite are present in broad masses. 
The structure of this iron should receive further 
study. Cat. No. 1075. 
Castalia, Nash Co., North Carolina. 
Stone. Gray chondrite. Mass with crust and 
one sawed surface. Chondri are well shown. 
Cat. No. 1519. 
Fragment from interior. Cat. No. 308. 
Fragment with crust. Cat. No. 307. 

