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FIELD CoLUMBIAN MusEuM—GEOoLOoGY, VOL. II. 
Date 
of Fall or Find. 
Found 1793. 
Found 1887. 
Found 1840. 
Recognized 
1867. 
Fell 1874, 
May 14, 
2:30 P. M. 
Fell 1838, 
June 6, 
Noon. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. - 
Complete individual, sub-cylindrical in form. 
eee the characteristic pittings. Cat. No., 
49, 
Thick slab, 20 x 27 cm., polished, showing nodules 
of troilite. Cat. No., 150. 
Hemispheroida] mass. One polished surface, 
20 x 25 cm., shows troilite nodules Cat. No., 151. 
Six small fragments with natural surface. Cat. 
No., 152. 
Complete individual, showing pits and natural 
surface. Apparently scaled from a larger 
mass. Cat. No., 373. 
Complete individual. Cat. No., 455. 
Gift of George Bell. 
Complete individual, deeply pitted. Cat. No., 497. 
Gift of Ed. E. Ayer 
Pioneer Hose Company. 
Cape of Good Hope, Africa. 
Iron. Ataxite, with hexahedral streaks. Polished 
slab of brilliant nickel-white color. Cat. No., 29. 
Carlton, Hamilton Co., Texas. 
Iron. Fine octahedrite, Of. Full-sized, thin slab, 
22x30 cm., showing polished and etched sur- 
faces. The Widmanstatten figures appear 
as beautifully distinct and delicate lines run- 
ning parallel in two directions throughout the 
mass. ‘Troilite is distributed in radiating veins. 
Cat No., 181. 
Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite, Om. Thick slab 
showing natural, polished and etched surfaces 
Coarse Widmanstatten figures are dimly out- 
lined on the latter. The lines of taenite are 
very delicate. Cat. No., 51. 
Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite, Om. Etched section 
12x13 cm., with crust. Shows typical Wid- 
manstatten figures, the bands of kamacite 
being long and well-defined. Little taenite is 
to be seen and little troilite. Cat. No., 524. 
Castalia, Nash Co., North Carolina. 
Stone. Gray chondrite, Cg. Fragment with crust; 
the latter dull-black and scoriaceous. The 
color of the stone is dark-gray, with no metal- 
lic grains visible. Cat. No., 307. 
Fragment from interior, showing occasional 
metallic grains. Cat. No., 308. 
Chandakapoor, Berar, India. 
Stone. Brecciated intermediate chondrite, Cib. 
Three fragments from interior, two of them 
polished, showing a dark-gray stone, contain- 
ing numerous rusty iron grains. Cat. No., 245. 
_ Weight 
in grams. 
90,898 
26,047 
24,489 
123 
620 
60 
34,800 
27 
3406 
50 
608 
15 
6.5 
3.5 
