Cat. 
No. 

1 
vw 
Co MO-3 
10 
11 
12 
14 
15 
16 
17 
20 
21 
23 
CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION. 
AEROSIDERITES OR IRON METEORITES. 
Date 
of Fall or Find. 
Fell 1400 ? 
Recognized 
1811. 
Found 1780. 
Found 1784. 
Found 1784. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Elbogen, Bohemia. 
Etched fragment showing W. f. (W.) 
Descubridora, Catorce, San Luis Potosi, 
Mexico. 
Polished and etched slab. W. f. in long parallel. 
bands crossed at intervals by others nearly at 
right angles. (W.) 
Bembdego, Bahia, B ra zil. 
. Scalings from crust, showing magnetite. (W. 
*Irregular fragment, one surface polished. Octa- 
hedral cleavage well exhibited. (W.) 
Large slab showing natural and etched surfaces. 
The etched surface exhibits a coarsely crystal- 
line structure with imperfect W. f. 
Etched slab showing imperfect W. f., elongated 
nodules of troilite and a group of schreibersite 
inclusions. (W.) 
Xiquipilco, Toluca, Mexico. 
*Complete individual. Form spheroidal. (W.) 
*Complete individual. Irregular form. Octahedral 
cleavage well exhibited. (W.) 
*Complete individual. Spheroidal form. Surface 
apparently water-worn. (W.) 
Complete individual. Apparently water-worn 
surface. (W.) 
*Complete individual. Spheroidal form. (W.) 
Spheroidal individual with oneetched face showing 
the typical, coarse W. f. and nodules of 
troilite. (W.) 
Complete individual showing distinct octahedral 
cleavage. (W.) 
*Polished slab. (W.) 
Crescent shaped mass with surface 20x40 cm. 
etched. Shows coarse W. f. and nodules of 
troilite of various shapes and sizes. »(W.) 
Similar to above specimen but smaller. (W.) 
Broken fragment showing well developed cleavage 
planes. (W.) 
*Complete individual. (W.) 
Complete individual, spheroidal. Surface very 
smooth. 
Complete individual, hemispheroidal. Cleavage 
planes well marked. W.) 
Complete individual. Hemispheroidal. Shallow 
pits appear on the surface, (W.) 
+ I gram equals 15% grains; 1000 grams equal 2.205 pounds, 
35 

Weight 
in gramst 
2.5 
35 
16,665 
6,166 
1,997 
1,880 
1,107 
28,038 
46,040 
