METEORITE COLLECTION. —HANDBOOK AND CATALOGUE. 57 

AEROLITES OR STONE METEORITES. 

Cat. 
No 

173 
321 
330 
331 
333 
Date 
of Fall or Find 
| Found 1878. 
Fell 1879. 
Aug. 1, 
Evening. 
Fell 1880. 
June 30. 
Fell 1882, 
Feb. 3, 
4 P.M. 
Fell 1883, 
Feb. 16, 
3.P. M. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Fayette, Texas. 
About one-tenth the original mass, showing crust 
and polished surface. The crust surface is some- 
what decomposed, but shows the characteristic 
pittings. The polished surface shows the dark- 
green color of the stone, with its fine texture and 
scattered metallic grains. ow) 
Thin slab from another portion of the specimen, 
exhibiting the black veins peculiar to this 
meteorite. (W.) 
Nagaya, Entre Rios, Argentina, South Amer- 
Atal 
Small fragment, entirely black in color, one sur- 
face having a scoriaceous appearance, the re- 
mainder the lustre of graphite. (W.) 
Carbonaceous [leteorite, Province of Entre Rios, 
Argentina, South America. 
Several fragments, having much the appearance of 
bits of black lava. (W.) 
fiecs;Kolos; FP rans ylvamia: 
Nearly complete individual, cuboidal in form, with 
solid angles only slightly rounded. Interior 
grayish-brown in color, with coarse, metallic 
grains. (W.) 
Elongated fragment, showing crust on two sides. 
Narrow, dark veins similar to those noted by 
Tschermak, pass through the mass in several 
directions, (W ) 
*Six fragments of nearly equal size, showing crust 
and interior. They have in general a cuboidal 
form with a prominence of the solid angles. Por- 
tions cf the interior display a ‘‘slickensided”’ 
surface. (W.) 
Complete individual, tetrahedral in form. Entirely 
covered with thick, black crust, except at one 
point, where the light-gray interior may be 
seen. (i) 
Complete individual, plano-convex in form, the 
convex surface being evidently the ‘‘breast”’ side. 
The opposite face shows a thinner crust and 
rougher surface. (K.) 
Alfianello, Brescia, Italy. 
Fragment, with crust. The latter is about 0.4 mm. 
in thickness, and of a dirty black color. The 
interior of the stone is ash-gray, fine - grained, 
and contains metallic grains, with some coarse 
nodules of the same. (W.) 
*Interior fragment, ash-gray, with brown spots, 
due to the oxidation of the metallic particles. Sev- 
eral of the latter are quite large, and rounded as 
(W.) 
if previously fused. 
Weight 
in grams. 
10,985 
2,934 
10 
0.5 
41 
543 
80.5 
134.5 

