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On mexican meteorites, with especial regard to the supposed occurrence of wide-spread meteoric showers; by L. Fletcher
From Volume 9 of The Mineralogical Magazine, pages 91 to 178.

Introduction

States of Coahuila and Nuevo Leon
The known meteoric irons of Coahuila may be grouped as follows:--

  1. The masses which Shepard designated by the name Bonanza;
  2. The masses collected by Dr. Butcher;
  3. Masses brought from Santa Rosa (de Muzuiz), but of which the previous history is a matter of inference;
  4. The Sanchez Estate mass.
    With the above must be considered
  5. The Fort Duncan mass (from the Texas side of the Rio Grande): and conveniently also
  6. The Potosi mass (Nuevo Leon), and
  7. The Cerralvo mass (Nuevo Leon).
It will be sought to prove that all the masses belong to a single fall, have been brought to Santa Rosa from a district of small area in the Bolson de Mapimi, and have been artificially distributed, chiefly for the use of blacksmiths.

States of Chihuahua
The meteoric irons of Chihuahua, mentioned in literature, belong to one or other of th following:--

  1. The Casas Grandes mass
  2. A mass exhibited in 1876 at the United Satates International Exhibition.
  3. The group between Presidio del Principe and Cuchillo Parado.
  4. The group near Huejuqilla or Jimenez.

State of Sinaloa

State of Durango

  1. The La Plata mass
  2. The Guadalupe and Cacaria masses
  3. The Mezequital mass
  4. The Bella Roca mass

State of San Luis Potosi

  1. The Catorce masses
  2. The Charcas mass

States of Mexico and Morelos

State of Oaxaca

  1. The Tanhuitlan mass
  2. The Cholula mass
  3. The Chalco mass
  4. The Misteca Alta fragments

State of Guerrero

Map of Mexico

Map of Huejuquilla and Toluca

INDEX
(a) Names of persons
(b) Names of localities