T02 FIELD COLUMBIAN MusEUuM—GEOLOGY, VOL. II. 




Date ; va Weight 
No. | of Fall or Find. NAME AND DESCRIPTION, in grams. 

Fell 1821, 
June 15, 
3:30 P. M. 
Juvinas, Dep. Ardéche, France. 
Stone. Eukrite, Eu. Three fragments from in- 
terior. Dark-gray. Structure not well defined. 
No metallic grains visible. Cat. No., 237. 12 
Known 1887. | Kendall County, Texas. 
Iron. Brecciated hexahedrite, Hb. Thin slab 
with natural, sawed and etched surfaces. The 
etched surface exhibits a coarsely granular 
structure, crossed by a network of delicate, 
straight lines. Shows numerous nodules of 
troilite, one 15 mm. in diameter. Cat. No., 138. 118 
Found 1889. | Kenton County, Kentucky. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite, Om. About one- 
third of the original mass, showing crust and 
polished surface, 22x 42cm. Contains nodules 
of troilite. Cat. No., 133. 36,600 
Full-sized slab, 14x49 cm., etched. Widman- 
statten figures very distinct and regular. 
Shows marked cleavage and tendency to sep- 
arate along the cleavage planes. Very perfect 
octahedrons can be cleaved out from the mass. 
Cat. No., 134. 7,483 
Full-sized slab, 23x44 cm. Both sides polished. 
Cat. No., 185. 12,231 
Fell 1869, 
124 | May 22, 
10 P. M. 
Kernouve (Cléguérec), Morbihan, France, 
Stone. Crystalline chondrite, Ck. Fragment 
from interior. Cat. Nox 299. 0.4 
Thin chip, one surface polished. The polished 
surface is grayish-brown in color, dotted with 
minute metallic grains, and large black chon- 
dri % mm.in diameter. The stone takes an 
excellent polish. Cat. No., 300. 2 
Thin, polished fragment. Cat. No., 301. 24 
Fell 1850, 
Kesen, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. 
125 | June 13. 
Stone. Brecciated spherical chondrite, Ccb. 
Mass showing crust and interior. The crust sur- 
face differs little from the interior except that 
the metallic grains of the former have been 
blackened by fusion, and broad, shallow pits 
appear on this surface. The interior is dark- 
gray, compact and plentifully sprinkled with 
rusty iron grains. A portion of the surface is 
smoothed and grooved, indicating slipping 
along these planes. Cat. No., 257. 1,286 
Similar to previous specimen, but showing elon- 
gated pits on the crust surface. Cat. No., 208.] 1,211 
Fell 1866, Knyahinya, near Nagy-Berezna, Hungary. 
126 |June9, , Stone. Gray chondrite, Cg. One-half of a com- 
Dp Peas plete individual, showing crust and polished 
surface, 18x18 cm. The latter exhibits large 
and small chondri, with few metallic grains. 
Cat. No., 284. 82 
