Fretp CoLumMBian MusEuM—GEoLocy, VOL. 1. 
AEROSIDERITES OR IRON METEORITES. 

Cat 
No. 

84 
86 
| 88 
| 89 
140 
91 
94 
96 
97 
Date 
of Fall or Find. 
Found 1858. 
Known 1860. 
Found 1860. 
Recognized 
1866. 
Found 1866. 
Found 1866. 
Found 1867. 
Found 1867, 
Found 1873. 
Found 1874. 
Known 1875. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Trenton, Washington Co., Wisconsin. 
Thin slab, etched, showing typical W. f., the plates 
of which intersect at angles of 350°. (W.) 
*Specimen similar to foregoing, but smaller. (W.) 
Coopertown, Robertson Co., Tennessee. 
Thin slab, etched. The W. f. are made up of broad 
plates, 5mm. in thickness. (W.) 
Lagrange, Oldham Co., Kentucky. — 
Sawed section with crust and etched surface. W.f. 
only slightly indicated. (W.) 
Smith’s [ountain, Rockingham Co., North 
Carolina. 
Thin slab with crust, etched. Well marked W. f. 
Some of the bands are of oval shape. (W.) 
*Similar to previous specimen. (W.) 
Bear Creek, Denver Co., Colorado. 
Fragment showing crust, Octahedral cleavage well 
displayed. W.) 
Thin slab, etched. Well marked W. f., the plates 
of taenite being very distinct. (W.) 
Juncal, Pay pote, Chile. 
Thin slab with crust,etched. Shows well marked W. 
f., the plates of taenite being very distinct.(W.) 
Allen County, (near Scottsville) Kentucky. 
Full-sized slab, etched. Contains a circular nodule 
of troilite. The etched surface has the appear- 
ance of a network of delicate, straight lines 
overlaying a granular base. (W.) 
Auburn, Macon Co., Alabama. 
Sawed fragment showing crust on all surfaces but 
one. (W.) 
Chulafinnee, Cleburne Co., Alabama. 
Thin slab, etched. Broad W.f, are dimly out- 
lined. (W.) 
Butler, Bates Co., Missouri. 
Etched slab. W.f very distinct. The plates of 
the latter seen with a lens appear to be made 
up of a number of smaller ones, which anasto- 
mose. There are also comb-like markings, made 
up of innumerable fine lines. (K.) 
Same as previous specimen but containing nodule 
of troilite. . (W.) 
Santa Catarina, Ric San Francisco do Sul, Brazil. 
*Spheroidal mass, having the well known limonite 
yellow color of the Santa Catarina irons, More 
or less honey-combed by decay. (W.) 
Weight 
in grams 
137 
46 
47 
17 
138 
60 ~ 
364 
ou 
29 
79.9 
71.54 
