CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF 
METEORITES, MAY 1, 1903. 
BY 
OLIVER CUMMINGS FARRINGTON. 
INTRODUCTION. 
Since the first catalogue of the meteorite collection was issued * 
over seventy falls have been added and a number of other changes made. 
It has, therefore, seemed desirable to prepare a second catalogue, 
not only to record the growth of the collection, but also to contribute 
new data to the subject of meteorites in general. 
) The following table shows the additions to the collection: 
July 15, 1895. May 1, 1903. 
Number of falls represented--.------- 179 251 
[sth UST 12) (75 22 ea 2,099 kgs. (4,627 Ibs.) 2,289 kgs. (5,048 lbs.) 
SMeteOteastS eo SL. 47 61 
Number of micro-sections ---- ---- ---- 5 26 
The weight of the collection in 1895, as given above, has been 
changed from that stated in the first catalogue by the deduction of the 
Santa Catharina irons, formerly regarded as meteoric. 
The following falls have an especially large representation in the 
collection: Bluff, Brenham, Canon Diablo, Colfax, Crab Orchard, Farm- 
ington, Forest City, Hopewell Mounds, Indian Valley, Kenton County, 
Long Island, Saline, and Toluca. The weights of these falls possessed by 
the Museum, as compared with the original weights, are as follows: 
Original Weight. Weight in Museum Collection. | 
teas Fe'te 2 2 cyte. Ss 146 kgs. 13.9 kgs. 
Tete a tia eet BOCES 445 “« 
: ; ( Indeterminate. l . « 
CancnmiaiOse.. .....-2- ) At least 4,000 “ 689.8 
teibed: ) St ran Da ate 
Pmameereiard ase. .% k= - ch Shee 8 WA i 
Page (Ones 2 S4e,. os yas ok 
Indeterminate. « 
Pogeeey ne 3-35 =~ At least 122 4“ 16.5 
Hopewell Mounds-------- Atleast 0.15 “ 0.14 “ 
tics Valley oo -—_._. -.—+ AE Sh Sar een 
henume OUnty. ---...'-—>- Dis aa ay 06,0 19 
UO ES bce Pia eee At least 564 * oo et 
oy Oe ieee 31.13 “ DOOR: 
{ Indeterminate. i 6 
teen 2-=--- ---= PAtwenst:1;000;4<"-5 ft 
* Handbook and Catalogue of the Meteorite Collection, Field Col. Mus. Pub. 3, Geol. Ser 
Vol. I, No. 1, Aug. Ge ; 
Field Col. Mus., Geol. Ser., Vol. II., No. 2. 
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