
CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF METEORITES. 
Date 
of Fall or Find. 
Found 1882, 
Found 1810, 
Found 1808. 
Found 1895. 
Fell 1828; 
June 4, 
8:30 A. M. 
Found 1892. 
Found 1896. 
Found 1888.’ 
Fell 1898, 
Nov. 15, 
9:30 P. M. 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
Rancho de la Pila, Durango, Mexico. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite, Om. Etched slab, 
65x11 cm. with crust. Exhibits a coarsely 
granular structure, but no octahedral figures. 
There are numerous partings, some of which 
are quite open. Cat. No., 521. 
Rasgata, Zipaquira, U.S. of Colombia, 
Iron. Nickel-poor ataxite, Nedagolla group, Dn. 
Thin, polished fragment. Cat. No., 435. 
Red River, Texas. (Gibbs meteorite.) 
Iron. Medium octahedrite, Om. Chiseled frag- 
ment, one end etched. Symmetrical Widman- 
statten figures are shown. Cat. No., 34. 
Reed City, Osceola Co., Michigan. 
Iron. Coarse octahedrite, Og. Etched section 
with crust. Shows coarse Widmanstatten 
figures and elongated and branching inclusions 
of schreibersite. Cat. No., 560. 
Richmond, Henrico Co., Virginia. 
Stone. Crystalline spherical chondrite, Cck. 
Fragment from interior. Composed chiefly of 
dark, angular, vitreous and coarse metallic 
grains. Cat. No., 239. 
Roebourne, Queensland, Australia. 
Iron. Medium octahedrite, Om. Full-sized, 
etched section, 22x 10cm. Typical octahedral 
figures are dimly outlined. Cat. No., 460. 
Sacramento Mountains, Eddy Co., New Mex- 
hig Keres 
Iron. Medium octahedrite, Om.  Full-sized, 
etched section, 12x 40cm. Shows typical, well- 
defined Widmanstatten figures, and two large 
nodules of troilite, one of the latter perforated. 
See Plate XXXVI. Cat. No., 465. 
Saint Genevieve County, Missouri. 
Iron. Fine octahedrite, Of. Thick slab 12.5 x 9.5 
cm., etched. Typical octahedral figures of 
great clearness and regularity are exhibited. 
There are two small inclusions of troilite. 
See Plate XXXVI... Cat. No., 512. 
Gift of Prof. H. A. Ward. 
Saline, Saline Township, Sheridan Co., Kansas. 
Stone. Crystalline spherical chondrite, Cck. 
Larger part of complete individual. Crust 
black, with metallic points and one large 
globule of metal. Interior compact, greenish- 
black in color, and shows abundant metallic 
grains. See Plate XXX. Cat. No., 527. 
Lie 
Weight 
in grams, 
180 
50 
137 
bo 
1,480 
790 
19,500 
