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CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF METEORITES. 
Date 
of Fall or Find. 
Fell 1890, 
May 2, 
5:15 P. Mz 
Found 1891. 
Fell 1829, 
May 8, 
3:50 P. M. 
Found 1882. 
Fell 1868, 
Dec. 5, 
3 PSM, 
Recognized 
1889. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Stone. Veined gray chondrite,Cga. Fragment 
from interior. Dark-gray, with white, rounded 
chondri and numerous metallic grains. Com- 
pact. Cat. No., 256. 
Floyd County, see Indian Valley. 
Forest City, Winnebago Co., Lowa. 
Stone. Spherical chondrite,Cc. 677 complete in- 
dividuals, ranging in weight from one-tenth of 
an ounce to one pound. They exhibit almost 
every variety of shape and degree of surface 
fusion. From the fully rounded specimens 
with thick, black crust there is every gradation 
to those whose rough surface is only slightly 
blackened, indicating that they separated from 
other masses only a short distance before 
reaching the earth. The interior, where seen, 
is light-gray, with coarse metallic particles. In 
the group is the stone which fell into a hay- 
stack without setting it on fire. Cat. Nos., 340- 
41, 326. 
Complete individual, with small, conical pittings 
resembling raindrop impressions. Cat. No.,340. 
Complete individual, with small, conical pittings 
resembling raindrop impressions, Cat. No.,340. 
Forsyth County, North Carolina. 
Iron. Ataxite, Nedagolla group. Polished slab. 
Cat. No., 568. 
Forsyth, Monroe Co., Georgia. 
Stone. Veined white chondrite, Cwa. Thin chip, 
polished. Ground-mass brownish-gray, con- 
taining chondri of lighter color, and scattered 
fine metallic grains. Also smaller fragments. 
Cat. No., 240. 
Fragment with crust. Crust black, dull, and thick 
Interior like previous specimen, Cat. No., 241, 
Fort Duncan, Maverick Co., Texas. 
Iron. Hexahedrite H. Thin slab, with crust 
etched. The etched surface is stippled and 
shows Neumann lines. Small grains of troilite 
are visible. Cat. No., 113. 
Frankfort, Franklin Co., Alabama. 
Stone. Howardite, Ho. Thin, sawed fragment. 
Light-gray with black and white grains. No 
metallic particles visible. Cat. No., 296. 
Gilgoin, Gilgoin Station, New South Wales. 
Stone. Crystalline chondrite, Ck. Polished frag- 
ment, with crust. Polished surface, black, 
compact, abundantly sprinkled with metallic 
grains. Light-colored chondri, 1 mm. in diam- 
eter aretobe seen. The crust surface is rough 
and rusty in appearance. Cat. No., 538. 
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Weight 
in grams, 
10,452.75 
4,308.25 
1,698 
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