THE RANSOM METEORITES

A number of stony meteorite specimens, presumably from a single fall, have been recovered from an area about 5–6 miles north of Ransom, Kansas. This paper presents a map of discovery locations, so far as known. Megascopic appearance, external and internal, of a typical (?) specimen is described. The Ransom meteorite has already been classified as an olivine-bronzite chondrite — chemical group H of Van Schmus and Wood. Features observed in thin section are characteristic of petrologic type 4