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‘Marca, 1916. METEORITE COLLECTION — CATALOGUE 
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Date 
No. | of Fall or Find. 
625 
Fell 1874 
May 20 
Fell 1831 
May 13 
Al P.M. 
Found 1874 
Fell 1864 
Dec. 4 
Found 1832 
Found 1887 
Fell 1877 
Jan. 3 
7:15 A.M. 
Found 1898 
Found 1888 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Virba, Bulgaria. 
Stone. Veined white chondrite. 
Fragment 
with crust. Cat. No. 1716. 
Vouillé, Vienne, France. 
Stone. Veined intermediate chondrite. Mass 
with crust and polished surface. Cat. No. 
1663. 
Mass from interior. Polished. Cat. No. 1662. 
Waconda, Mitchell Co., Kansas. 
Stone. Brecciated spherical chondrite. Mass 
from interior. Color varies in different por- 
tions. Cat. No. 309. 
Mass with crust. Cat. No. 1731. 
Sawed mass with crust. Cat. No. 1730. 
Mass with crust. Veined. Cat. No. 310. 
Weathered fragment. Cat. No. 311. 
Wairarapa, Wellington, New Zealand. 
Stone. Crystalline chondrite. Mass with crust 
and polished surface. Color reddish-brown 
from oxidation. The crust surface is smooth 
as if from terrestrial erosion. Cat. No. 1882. 
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Walker County, Alabama. 
Iron. Hexahedrite. Etched section with crust. 
Cat. No. 914. 
Section with crust. Cat. No. 434. 
Wallen’s Ridge, (Waldron Ridge), Claiborne Co., 
Tennessee. 
Iron. Coarse octahedrite. 
Cat. No. 1134. 
End piece, etched. 
Warrenton, Warren Co., Missouri. 
Stone. Ornansite. Mass with crust. 
No. 1720. 
Cat. 
Weaver, Maricopa Co., Arizona. 
Iron. Ataxite. Full-sized 
Cat. No. 1158. 
Etched crust segment. Cat. No. 615. 
section, etched. 
Welland, Ontario, Canada. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite. Segment, 11.5x7.5 
cm., showing etched and natural surfaces. A 
marked tendency to octahedral cleavage is 
apparent. Cat. No. 132. 
Thin slab, etched. Cat. No. 990. 
Full-sized, etched section. Cat. No. 991. 

397 
Weight 
in grams. 
