A achondrites, 126, 163, 178 Adelie Land stone, 78 Adrar iron, 38, 40 aerolites, 178, 179 _see also_, stones, meteoritic age of meteorites and/or craters, 50, 52 Aggie Creek iron, 76 Ahnighito iron, 36, 128 Algoma meteorite, 75 “Alley Oop’s shillelagh,” 126 altitude, 88, 90, 105, 106 American Meteor Society, 116 American Museum of Natural History, 37 Anderson Township meteorites, 76 Andhâra stone, 147-8 Andromeda, Great Spiral Nebula in, 2 Andromedid shower, 153 anthills, meteorites in, 128 anti-matter, 58-60 Aouelloul crater, 65 appearance and disappearance of meteors, 86, 94, 106 applied science, 166 archeologists, 76, 150 areas of fall, 13-4, 24, 26, 32, 89, 94, 159 armor plate, 167 asteroid belt and orbits, 160-1 astronautics, 110, 168, 170-6 ataxites, 120 Athens, multiple fireball over, 149 australites, 134, 140 azimuth, astronomical, 88 B Bacubirito iron, 128 Bald Eagle iron, 76 ballistic potential, 171 Baxter stone, 73 Bear Lodge iron, 76 Beddgelert stone, 69-70, 73, 168 bediasites, 136, 137 Belly River stone, 131 Benares meteorite, 156 Bendego iron, 128 Benld stone, 73 Benson, O. O., 179 Bethlehem stone, 73 betyls, 148, 150 Bible, meteorite mentioned in, 147 Bielid shower, 116 “blackfellows’ buttons,” 134 Black Stone of the Kaaba, 147 Boisse, A., 160, 163 bolides, 102, 151 Braunau iron, 73 Brenham craters and meteorites, 52, 65, 66, 78 Box Hole Station crater, 65 Bridgewater meteorite, 75 British Museum, 136, 158 Buddhue, J. D., 179 C Campo del Cielo craters, 50, 65 Canyon Diablo crater, 44-52, 65, 66, 75, 96, 161, 162, 165, 174 Cape of Good Hope iron, 150 Cape York iron, 36, 37 Carlton meteorite, 75 Casas Grandes iron, 76 charms, meteorites used as, 134, 136 _see also_ sacred meteorites; superstitions Chesterfield meteorite, 75 Chladni, E. F. F., 155-7 chondrules and chondrites, 124-6, 163 Chubb crater, 52-4 coins depicting meteorites, 148, 150 collection of meteorites in institutions, 20, 32, 34, 37, 38, 40-1, 90, 136, 158 comets, 114, 140, 164 composition of meteor-forming particles, 160-7 composition of meteorites, 118-26, 163, 179 composition of tektites, 136-8 Constantia stone, 74 contraterrene matter, 56, 58-60 convection-current hypothesis, 63-4 cosmic metal mine, 162, 174-6 cosmic rays, 168-71 craters, 17, 18, 20, 42-65, 66, 96, 143, 178, 179