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AEROSIDERITES OR IRON METEORITES. 
Cat. Date r Weight | 
No. | of Fall or Find NAME AND DESCRIPTION, in grams 
Known 1875.| Santa Catarina, Rio San Francisco doSul, Brazil, 
99 Similar to previous specimen, except that one sur- 
face is polished, showing a compact, metallic 
interior. (W.) 921 
100 Similar to No. 97. (W.) 2,0°9 
103 Similar to No. 9/. (W.) 4,252 
98 Mass only slightly altered, of iron black color and 
metallic lustre. (K.) 261 
101 *A number of fragments of various sizes, appar- 
ently altered to limonite, but, according to 
Derby, portions of a porphyritic crust. (K.) 1,814 
102 *Similar to No. 97. (K.) 766 
104 oe ts (K.) 3,344 
105 Eee - (K.) | 10,884 
106 Ae ets ‘ (K.) 11,576 
107 i gs “ (K.) 3,17 
108 as J As (K.) 1,577 
Found 1876. | Cieveland, Green Co., Tennessee. 
109 Polished slab, etched. No W. f. brought out by 
etching. (K.) 100 
Found 1877. | Dalton, Whitfield Co., Georgia. 
110 Thin, etched slab showing coarse, typical W. f. 
and crust. (W.) 81 
Found 1880. | Lexington County, South Carolina. 
111 Thin slab, etched. Etching divides the surface 
into irregular grains, but no regular structure is 
visible. (W.) 23.9 
Found 1880. | Ivanpah, San Bernardino Co., California. 
112 Chiseled fragment. No evidence of cleavage.(W.) 3 
Found 1882, | Mlaverick County, (Fort Duncan) Texas. 
113 Thin slab with reddish crust, etched. The etched sur- 
face has a stippled appearance, and shows a net- 
work of short, straight lines, probably represe.tt- 
ing plates of troilite. Small grains of troilite are 
also present. (W.) 104 
Found 1882. | Jenny’s Creek, Wayne Co., West Virginia. 
114 *Three chiseled fragments showing cleavage octa- 
hedrons, separated by bright plates of taenite.(K ) 16.5 | 
Found 1882, | Hex River Mountains, Cape Colony, So. Africa. 
115 Sawed slab,‘one surface etched. Neumann lines 
are partially discernible, but more prominent 
are the parallel systems of troilite plates descri- 
bed by Brezina. These are beautifully shown in 
this specimen. (W.) 448 
Found 1883. | Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
1i6 Full-sized slab, polished and etched. Shows very 
distinct and striking W. f made up of thin plates 
packed together in bundles. (W.) 1,160.5 

