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CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF METEORITES. 
Date 
of Fall or Find. 
Known 1853. 
Fell 1808, 
Sept. 3, 
3:30 P. M. 
Fell 1820, 
July 12, 
5:30 P. M. 
Found 1857 
Found 1892. 

Fell 1886, 
Nov. 10, 
3 P.M. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Lion River, Great Namaqualand,South Africa. 
Probably the same as Mukerop. 
Iron. Fine octahedrite, Of. Etched slab, with 
crust. Beautiful Widmanstatten figures are 
displayed, the plates being narrow and very 
distinct. Cat. No., 62, 
Like No, 62, but Widmanstatten figures less dis- 
tinct Cat No.,.o10. 
Lissa, Bunzlau, Bohemia. 
Stone. Veined white chondrite, Cwa. Fragment 
from interior. Light-gray, with few metallic 
grains. White chondri of various sizes are 
visible here and there. Cat. No., 510. 
Lixna (Lasdany), Witebsk, Russia. 
Stone. Veined gray chondrite,Cga. Fragment 
from interior. Dark-gray with shining metal- 
licgrains. Slickensided surface. Cat. No., 550. 
Locust Grove, Henry Co., Georgia. 
Iron, Ataxite, Siratik group. Thick slab with 
crust. Etched. Granular structure. Rhabdite 
inclusions. Cat. No., 558. 
Long Island, Phillips Co., Kansas. 
Stone. Crystalline.chondrite, Ck. Nearly com- 
plete individual, made up of four pieces which 
have been placed together along the line of 
original fracture. Together with these is a 
large number of smaller pieces, varying in 
weight from 10,000 grammes to 5 grammes, 
probably also a part of the same individual at 
the time it felltothe earth. The surface of the 
main mass is indented by shallow, elliptical 
pits, the long axes of which run in parallel 
directions. The crust is smooth and brown, 
but in many places coated with a white incrus- 
tation of carbonate of lime, derived from the 
soil in which the stone lay. The interior of 
the mass shows a very compact, fine-grained 
texture, with few metallic grains; color, dark- 
green. The smaller fragments are much 
rusted by exposure. Cat. No., 350. 
Madoc, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada. 
Iron. Fine octahedrite, Of. Spheroidal frag- 
ment showing natural surface with pittings. 
Cat. No., 65. 
Thin, sawed slab with natural surface. Cat. 
No., 66. 
Maeme, Hislugari, Prov. Satsuma, Japan. 
Stone. Veined white chondrite, Cwa. Fragment 
with crust. Crust black andsmooth. Interior 
light-gray with rusty spots and metallic grains. 
No distinct chondri visible. Texture friable. 
Cat. No., 440. 
105 
Weight 
in grams. 
32.5 
1.95 
370.5 
528,488 
7.7 
