
CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF METEORITES. 
Date 
of Fall or Find. 
Found 1749. 
Found 1891. 
Recognized 
1828. 
Found 1860. 
Fell 1803, 
April 26, 
1 P.M. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Complete individual, covered with thin, black 
crust. Cat. No., 285. 
Complete individual, mostly covered with black, 
somewhat shining crust. Surface indented 
with shallow pits. Cat. No., 286. 
Flattened mass, showing crust and one polished 
surface. ‘The crust surface is smooth and cov- 
ered with small, conical pittings, giving to it 
the appearance of having a cellular structure. 
The polished surface well exhibits the aggrega- 
tion of chondri which make up the mass of the 
stone. Some of the chondri reach a diameter 
dmm. Cat. No., 287. 
Complete individual, of irregular, pyramidal 
form, surface covered with shining black crust. 
Cat. No., 288. 
Krasnojarsk (Medwedewa), Gov. Jeniseisk, Si- 
beria. 
The Pallas Iron. Iron-stone. Pallasite,P. Frag- 
ment of the iron matrix with a little chrysolite. 
Cat. No., 157. 
Chiseled fragment showing both iron and chryso- 
lite; Cat. No., 158. 
Several fragments, composed of iron and chryso- 
hte «Cat. No. 159. 
Sawed fragment with crust, etched. Shows 
typical octahedral figures. Cat. No., 505. 
Melnikoff regards this a separate fall. 
La Caille, Dep. Var, France. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite,Om. Etched slab 
with crust. Displays the typical swollen oc- 
tahedral figures of this meteorite. Cat. No., 
541. 
La Grange, Oldham Co., Kentucky. 
Iron. Fine octahedrite, Of. Sawed section with 
crust, and etched surface. The short, narrow, 
irregular bands of kamacite are bordered by 
thin plates of taenite. Cat. No., 84. 
L’Aigle, Normandie, Dep. Orne, France. 
Stone. Brecciated intermediate chondrite, Cib. 
Gray powder. Cat No., 218. 
Fragment with crust. The latter thin, reddish 
brown, smooth. Interior grayish-brown, com- 
pact, porphyritic inappearance. Cat. No.,219. 
Fragment with crust and polished surface. The 
polished surface shows a few fine, metallic 
grains. “Through a dark, amorphous ground- 
mass are mingled grayish-white nodules of 
various sizes. Cat. No., 220. 
Io 
Weight 
in grams. 
10 
239 
3,231 
47 
111 
60 
