Part 8
II. SIDEROLITES
(consisting chiefly of nickeliferous iron and silicates, both in large proportion).
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A. FALL RECORDED.
[Arranged chronologically.]
+----+------+------------------------------+-------------------+---------+ |No. |Pane. | Name of Meteorite and | Date of Fall. | Weight | | | | Place of Fall. | |in grams.| +----+------+------------------------------+-------------------+---------+ |218 | 2e |TANEY COUNTY, Missouri, U.S.A.|Fell about 1857-8. | 2,454 | | | | | | | | | |A fragment, sent from Taney | | | | | |County, Missouri, about , | | | | | |1857-8was described by Shepard| | | | | |in 1860. | | | | | | Amer. Jour. Sc. 1860, ser. | | | | | | 2, vol. 30, p. 205. | | | | | | | | | | | |A fragment of a meteorite was | | | | | |given to Cox by Judge Green of| | | | | |Crawford County: no mention | | | | | |of place or date of find. | | | | | | Sec. Rep. Geol. Reconn. | | | | | | Arkansas, 1860, p. 408. | | | | | | | | | | | |Green's fragment was described| | | | | |under the name of Newton | | | | | |County(Arkansas) by Smith in | | | | | |1865. | | | | | | Amer. Jour. Sc. 1865, ser. | | | | | | 2, vol. 40, p. 213. | | | | | | | | | | | |A large mass was obtained by | | | | | |Kunz and reported by him in | | | | | |1887 to have really fallen in | | | | | |Taney County, Missouri, about | | | | | |thirty years before, and to | | | | | |have been afterwards taken to | | | | | |Newton County, Arkansas. | | | | | | Amer. Jour. Sc. 1887, ser. | | | | | | 3, vol. 34, p. 467. | | | | | | | | | |219 | 2e |LODRAN (Lodhran), Mooltan, |Oct. 1, 1868. | 59 | | | |Punjab, India. | | | | | | | | | |220 | 2a |ESTHERVILLE, Emmet County, |May 10, 1879. | 116,618 | | | |Iowa, U.S.A. | | | | | | | | | |221 | 2e |VERAMIN, Teheran, Persia. |May, 1880. | 238 | | | | | | | |222 | 2e |MARJALAHTI, Viborgs Län, |June 1, 1902. | 2,990 | | | |Finland. | | | +----+------+------------------------------+-------------------+---------+
B. FALL NOT RECORDED.
[Arranged topographically.]
+----+------+------------------------------+-------------------+---------+ |No. |Pane. | Name of Meteorite and | Report of Find. | Weight | | | | Place of Find. | |in grams.| +----+------+------------------------------+-------------------+---------+ |223 | 2e |FINMARKEN, Norway. |Mittheil. naturw. | 1,306 | | | | |Verein für | | | | |Found in 1902: described by |Neu-Vorpommern | | | | |Cohen in 1903. |und Rügen, Jahrg. | | | | | |35, 1903, p. 1. | | | | | | | | |224 | 2e |HAINHOLZ, Minden, Westphalia. |Pogg. Ann. 1857, | 484 | | | | |vol. 100, p. 342. | | | | |Found in 1856: described by | | | | | |Wöhler in 1857. | | | | | | | | | |225a| 2e |STEINBACH, Erzgebirge, Saxony.|Kurze Einleitung | 130 | | | | |in einige Theile | | | | |Reported as "native iron" by |der Bergwerks- | | | | |J. G. Lehmann in 1751. |Wissenschaft, | | | | | |1751, p. 79. | | | | | | | | |225b| 2e |RITTERSGRÜN, Erzgebirge, |Zeitsch. deutsch. | 694 | | | |Saxony. |geol. Gesell. 1861,| | | | | |vol. 13, p. 148. | | | | |Found in (1833 or) 1847: |Der Eisenmeteorit | | | | |reported by Breithaupt in |von Rittersgrün im | | | | |1861. |sächsischen | | | | | | | | | | |According to Weisbach it was |Erzgebirge: von A. | | | | |really found in 1833. |W.: Freiberg, 1876.| | | | | | | | |225c| 2e |BREITENBACH, Erzgebirge, |Phil. Trans. 1871, | 6,230 | | | |Bohemia. |vol. 161, p. 359. | | | | | | | | | | |Found in 1861: described by |Berg-und hütt. | | | | |Maskelyne in 1871. |Zeitung, 1862, | | | | | |Jahrg. 21, p. 321. | | | | |Steinbach, Rittersgrün, and | | | | | |Breitenbach are within five | | | | | |English miles of each other, | | | | | |on the border of Saxony and | | | | | |Bohemia; the siderolites | | | | | |probably fell at the same | | | | | |time. Breithaupt suggests that| | | | | |this was the fall reported to | | | | | |have taken place at | | | | | |Whitsuntide in the year 1164: | | | | | |Buchner (p. 124) suggests a | | | | | |fall which took place between | | | | | |1540 and 1550. | | | | | | | | | |226 | 2e |BRAHIN, Minsk, Russia. |Bull. des. Sc. par | 22 | | | | |la Soc. philom., | | | | |Found in 1809, 1810 or 1820. |_Paris_, 1823, p. | | | | | |86. Partsch's Die | | | | | |Meteoriten zu Wien.| | | | | |1843, p. 90. | | | | | |Erman's Archiv. f. | | | | | |wiss. Kunde von | | | | | |Russland, 1846, | | | | | |vol. 5, p. 183. | | | | | | | | |227 |2e, 4c|THE PALLAS IRON. |Reise d. versch. | 3,365 | | | | |Prov. d. russ. | | | | |Found in 1749 between the Ubei|Reichs: von P. S. | | | | |and Sisim rivers, Yeniseisk, |Pallas. St. | | | | |Asiatic Russia, and |Petersburg, | | | | |transported to Krasnojarsk: |1776. Part iii. | | | | |reported by Pallas in 1776. |p. 411. | | | | | | | | |228 | 2e |PAVLODAR, Semipalatinsk, | | 58 | | | |Asiatic Russia. | | | | | | | | | | | |Found in 1885. | | | | | | | | | |229 | 2e |SENEGAL RIVER, West Africa. |Allgemeine Historie| 396 | | | | |der Reisen zu | | | | |"Native Iron" was found by |Wasser und Lande: | | | | |Compagnon in 1716 to be in |von J. J. Schwabe. | | | | |very common use in many parts |Leipzig, 1748, vol.| | | | |of the kingdoms of Bambuk and |2, Book 5, Ch. 13, | | | | |Siratik. |p. 510. | | | | | | | | |230 | 2e |MOUNT DYRRING, Bridgman, |Records of the | 248 | | | |Singleton District, New South |Geol. Survey of | | | | |Wales. |N. S. Wales, 1903, | | | | | |vol. 7, p. 218. | | | | |Found in 1902: described by | | | | | |Card in 1903. | | | | | | | | | |231 | 2e |POWDER MILL CREEK, |Amer. Jour. Sc. | 1,167 | | | |Cumberland County, Tennessee, |1887, ser. 3, vol. | | | | |U.S.A. |34, pp. 387, 476. | | | | | | | | | | |Found in 1887: described in | | | | | |the same year by Whitfield | | | | | |and Kunz. | | | | | | | | | |232 | 2e |EAGLE STATION, Carroll |Amer. Jour. Sc. | 708 | | | |County, Kentucky, U.S.A. |1887, ser. 3, vol. | | | | | |33, p. 228. | | | | |Found in 1880, and described | | | | | |by Kunz in 1887. | | | | | | | | | |233 | 2e |BRENHAM TOWNSHIP, Kiowa |Amer. Jour. Sc. | 2,008 | | | |County, Kansas, U.S.A. |1890, ser. 3, vol. | | | | | |40, p. 312. | | | | |Found about 1886: described | | | | | |by Kunz in 1890. | | | | | | | | | |234 | 2e |ADMIRE, Lyon County, Kansas, |Proc. U.S. Nat. | 1,076 | | | |U.S.A. |Mus. 1902, vol. 24,| | | | | |p. 907. | | | | |Found about 1892: described | | | | | |by Merrill in 1902. | | | | | | | | | |235 | Sep. |IMILAC, Atacama, Chili. |Mineralog. | 212,136 | | |Stand,| |Magazine, 1889, | | | | 2f |Known in 1822: probably the |vol. 8, p. 243. | | | | |specimen found at Campo de | | | | | |Pucará in 1879 had been | | | | | |carried at some time or other | | | | | |from Imilac. | | | | | | | | | |236 | 2f |ILIMAES, 12 leagues south of |Proc. Roch. Acad. | 266 | | | |Taltal, Atacama, Chili. |of Science, 1906, | | | | | |vol. 4, p. 225. | | | | |Found about 1874-5: described | | | | | |by Ward in 1906. | | | | | | | | | |237 | 2f |VACA MUERTA, Atacama, Chili. |Mineralog. | 7,285 | | | | |Magazine, 1889, | | | | |Mentioned in 1861, and |vol. 8, p. 234. | | | | |described in 1864 by Domeyko | | | | | |as found at Sierra de Chaco. | | | | | |Specimens probably got from | | | | | |the same place are known by | | | | | |various names (Mejillones, | | | | | |Jarquera or Janacera Pass, | | | | | |&c.). | | | | | | | | | |238 | 2f |LLANO DEL INCA, 35 leagues |Proc. Rochester Ac.| 376 | | | |S.E. of Taltal, Atacama, |of Sci. 1890, vol. | | | | |Chili. |1, p. 93. | | | | | | | | |239 | 2f |DOÑA INEZ, Atacama, Chili. | _Ibid_. | 1,015 | | | | | | | | | |The meteorites of Llano del | | | | | |Inca and Doña Inez were found | | | | | |in these localities in 1888, | | | | | |and were described by Howell | | | | | |in 1890: "polished sections of| | | | | |the two meteorites are in many| | | | | |cases not distinguishable," | | | | | |and Howell is inclined to | | | | | |think that they belong to a | | | | | |single fall. (Some of the | | | | | |polished faces are not to be | | | | | |distinguished from those of | | | | | |Vaca Muerta.) L. F. | | | | | | | | | |240 | 2f |COPIAPO, Chili. |Mineralog. | 769 | | | | |Magazine, 1889, | | | | |Numerous masses of this type |vol. 8, p. 255. | | | | |have been brought to Copiapo | | | | | |since 1863: some of them, | | | | | |owing to an interchange of | | | | | |labels, have been supposed to | | | | | |come from the Sierra de la | | | | | |Dehesa (Deesa), near Santiago.| | | | | | | | | +----+------+------------------------------+-------------------+---------+
III. AEROLITES
or Meteoric Stones
(consisting generally of one or more silicates, and interspersed particles of nickeliferous iron, troilite, &c.).
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A. FALL RECORDED.
[Arranged chronologically.]