METEORITE COLLECTION—HANDBOOK AND CATALOGUE. 51 
AEROLITES OR STONE METEORITES. 
Weight 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. in grams. 
Date 
. | of Fall or Find. 
239 
Fell 1828, 
June 4, 
8:30 A. M. 
Fell 1829, 
May 8, 
3:30 P. M. 
Fell 1831, 
July 18. 
Fell before 
1838. 
Fell 1838, 
June 6, 
Noon. 
Fell 1838, 
SRGE Nd cy. 
9 A. M. 
Fell 1841, 
June 12, 
1:30 P. M. 
Fell 1842, 
Apr. 26, 
= oy at 
Fell 1843, 
March 25, 
Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia. 
Fragment from interior. Composed chiefly of 
dark, angular, vitreous. and coarse metallic 
grains. (W.) 
Forsyth, Monroe Co., Georgia. 
Thin chip, polished. Ground mass brownish-gray, 
containing chondri of lighter color, and scat- 
tered fine metallic grains. Also smaller fragments. 
(W. ) 
Fragment with crust. Crust black, dull and thick; 
Interior like previous specimen. (K.) 
Vouille, Poitiers, Vienne, France. 
Fragment with crust. Interior, gray, compact, 
flecked with rusty iron grains. Several delicate, 
black veins, apparently filled with metal, trav- 
erse the specimen. Smaller fragments, (K.) 
*Thin chip, polished. Well-marked chondri make 
up the larger part of the mass. Fine metallic 
grains are numerous. (W.) 
Simbirsk, Partsch, Russia. 
Micro-section. See Pl. VI, Fig. 1. (W,) 
Chandakapur, Beraar, India. 
Three fragments from interior, two of them pol- 
ished, showing a dark-gray stone, containing 
numerous rusty iron grains. (W.) 
Cold Bokkeveld, Cape of Good Hope, Africa. 
Fragment from interior. Dull-black, with white 
specks. Resemblesa piece of graphite or bitu- 
minous Coal. (W.) 
Chateau Renard, Loiret, France. 
Fragment from interior. Gray, compact, trav- 
ersed by black, delicate veins. Metallic grains 
small and bright (W.) 
*Like previous specimen. (W.) 
*Like No. 249. (W.) 
Pusinsko Selo, Milena, Croatia. 
Fragment from interior. Light-gray, with coarse 
and fine metallic grains. Shows distinct chond- 
ritic structure. aus) 
Bishopville, South Carolina. 
Fragment from interior. Light-gray, with white 
nodules of the chladnite of Shepard. Rusty 
brown spots show the presence of metallic grains. 
(W.) 
Like previous specimen, but showing vitreous 
crust. (W.) 
Fragments of chladnite. (K.) 

