


52 FireLtp CoLuMBIAN MusEuUM—GEOLOoGy, VOL. 1. 
AEROLITES OR. STONE METAORIVES. 
Sis] ot Fall ot Find. NAME AND DESCRIPTION. eet 
Fell 1846, Schonenkberg, Swabia, Bavaria. 
254 | Dec. 25, Fragment with crust. The latter is thick, some- 
2:49 P. M. what shining and scoriaceous. The interior is 
’ dark-gray, shows metallic grains and light and 
dark chondri, and is traversed by narrow, branch- 
ing veins of nickel-iron. (K ) 17 
Fell 1847, Hartford, Linn Co., Iowa. 
255 | Feb. 25, Mass with crust. The crust, thick and dull black, 
2:45 P. M. is intersected by numerous cracks. Interior pearl- 
gray, abounding in minute iron grains. Delicate 
lines of fracture, which traverse the specimen, 
seem to mark slipping zones with slicken-sided 
surfaces. (W.) 125 
Fell 1849, Monroe, Cabarras Co., North Carolina. 
256 | Oct. 31, Fragment from interior. Dark-gray, with white, 
3 P.M. rounded chondri and numerous metallic grains. 
Compact. (W.) 4 
Fell 1850, Kesen, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. 
257 | June 13, Mass showing crust and interior. The crust sur- 
face differs little from the interior, except that 
the metallic grains of the former have been black- 
ened by fusion, and broad, shallow pits appear 
on this surface. The interior is dark-gray, com- 
pact and plentifully' sprinkled with rusty iron 
grains A portion of the surface is smoothed 
and grooved, indicating slipping along these 
planes. (W.) 1,286 
258 Similar to previous specimen, but showing elon- 
gated pits on the crust surface. (W.) 1,211 
Fell 1852, Yatoor, Nellore, Madras, India. 
209 | Jan. 23, Fragments from interior. Gray, with dark chondri 
4:30 P. M. and rusty iron grains. (W.) 1 
Fell 1852, Fekete, Mezo=-Madaras, Transylvania. 
260 | Sept. 4, Polished fragment from interior. In the dark-brown 
4:30 P. M. ground-mass are sharply outlined gray and white 
chondri, interspersed with bright, minute grains 
of nickel-iron. (W.) 2 
261 Like previous specimen, but showing rough, dull- 
brown crust, not sharply separated from the 
interior. (W.) 4 
Fell 1852, Borkut, Marmaros, Hungary. 
nbe: 1 Octy 13, Individual chondri, spheroidal, dark-green in color. | 
= Spi le (W.) 0.12 
Fell 1853, Girgenti, Sicily. 
263 | Feb. 10, Polished fragments from interior. Gray, very fine- 
1PM: grained, with bright, metallic grains. (W.) Lal 
