





_ Date 
> | of Fall or Find. 
Found 1885 
Found 1839 
Fell 1857 
Dec. 27 
2:30 A. M. 
Fell 1898 
Aug. 1 
9 P.M. 
Fell 1851 
Summer 
Found 1908 
Found 1886 
Fell 1878 
Nov. 20. 
Found 1882 
Fell 1899 
TarcH, 1916. METEORITE COLLECTION — CATALOGUE 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Puquios, Chile. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite. Nearly full-sized 
section, etched. Cat. No. 1106. 
Full-sized slab, etched. Irregular figures are 
dimly brought out by etching, also flakes of 
schreibersite. Cat. No. 377. 
Etched slab with crust. Cat. No. 1105. 
Putnam County, Georgia. 
Iron. Fine octahedrite. Polished slab with 
crust. Cat. No. 892. 
Cleavage piece, oxidized. Cat. No. 893. 
Cleavage piece with taenite. Cat. No. 44. 
Quenggouk, Lower Burmah, India. 
Stone. Spherulitic chondrite. Mass with crust. 
One chondrus is 9 mm. in diameter. Cat. 
No. 1614. 
Quesa, Valencia, Spain. 
Iron. Fine octahedrite. Etched fragment. 
Cat. No. 1169 
Quincay, Vienna, France. 
Stone. Brecciated gray chondrite. Two frag- 
ments with crust and polished surfaces. Cat. 
No. 1657. 
Quinn Canyon, Nye Co., Nevada. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite. Complete individ- 
ual. Cat. No. 775. Gift of R. T. Crane, Jr., 
Stanley Field, Cyrus H. McCormick and 
George F. Porter. 
Rafruti, Berne, Switzerland. 
Iron. Ataxite. Two slabs with crust, etched. 
Cat. No. 1136. 
Rakowka, Tula, Russia. 
Stone. Intermediate chondrite. Mass with 
crust. Cat. No. 1654. 
Rancho de la Pila, Durango, Mexico. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite. Etched section 
with crust on three edges. Bands long and 
straight. Cat. No. 1172. 
The above specimen was labeled Cacaria by 
Ward but has the characters assigned to 
Rancho de la Pila. 
Rancho de la Presa, Michoacan, Mexico. 
Stone. Spherulitic chondrite. Fragment with 
crust. Crust black, interior dark gray, chond- 
ritic. Cat. No. 1671. 

291 
Weight 
in grams. 
