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were observed. The troilite nodules which I observed are uniform normal troilite bordered by a bright one of 

 schreibersite. From the latter, processes extend out into the nickel-iron. The whole is surrounded by swathing 

 kamacite which is partly hatched and partly spotted. 



The meteorite is distributed, the British Museum possessing the largest piece. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1. 1845: Silliman. Notice of a mass of meteoric iron found at Cambria, near Lockport, in the State of New York. 



Amer. Journ. Sci., 1st ser., vol. 48, pp. 388-392. (Illustration of mass and etched plate.) 



2. 1846: Silliman and Hunt. On the meteoric iron of Texas and Lockport. — Examination of the Lockport Iron. 



Amer. Journ. Sci., 2d ser., vol. 2, pp. 374-376. 



3. 1847: Shepakd. Report on meteorites. — No. 15. Lockport (Cambria), New York. Amer. Journ. Sci., 2d ser., 



vol. 4, p. 82. 



4. 1858-1862: von Reichbnbach. No. 4, p. 638; No. 7, p. 552; No. 9, pp. 163, 174, 181; No. 10, pp. 359, 365; No. 12, 



p. 457; No. 13, p. 363; No. 15, pp. 110, 124, 126; No. 16, pp. 261, 262; No. 17, pp. 266, 268, 269, 272; No. 18, pp. 

 484, 487; No. 19, pp. 150, 154; No. 20, pp. 622, 624, 634, 635. 



5. 1863: Rose. Meteoriten, pp. 27, 65, 138, and 153. 



6. 1869: Meunier. Recherches. Ann. Chim. Phys., 4th ser., vol. 17, p. 72. 



7. 1870: Rammelsberg. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Meteoriten. — Lockport (Cambria), New York. Mon.-Ber. 



Berlin. Akad., 1870, p. 444. 



8. 1883: Smith. Concretions. Amer. Journ. Sci., 3d ser., vol. 25, pp. 417 and 419. 



9. 1885: Brezina. Wiener Sammlung, pp. 200, 210, and 233. 



10. 1893: Meunier. Revision des fers m^teoriques, p. 47-48. (Illustration of etched plate.) 



11. 1895: Brezina. Wiener Sammlung, pp. 268-269. 



12. 1905: Cohen. Meteoritenkunde, Heft 3, pp. 312-315. 



Caney Fork. See Smithville. 



Caryfort. See Smithville. 



Coney Fork. See Carthage. 



CANTON. 



Cherokee County, Georgia. 



Here also the Cherokee meteorite, Cherokee Mills, and Cherokee County, 1894. 



Latitude 34° 12' N., longitude 84° ZV W. 



Iron, Coarsest octahedrite (Ogg) of Brezina. 



Found 1894. 



Weight, 7 kgs. (15.5 lbs.). 



The first description of this meteorite was by Howell ' as follows: 



This meteorite was found in March, 1894, by Mr. S. B. May, a few hundred yards from the Clarkson gold mine, 2.5 

 miles east of Cherokee Mills, and about 5 miles southwest of Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia. 



Mr. May was ploughing new ground when he discovered the meteorite, only partially covered with soil. It was 

 of a rough lens shape with one side flattened and weighed 15.5 pounds. With the aid of an axe the mass was finally 

 separated and the smaller part was carried away, mislaid, and apparently lost beyond recovery by a party who did not 

 appreciate i.ts value. The larger portion weighed 8.5 pounds, having evidently been reduced in size and weight by 

 oxidation, leaving, however, a solid mass after the oxidized portions were removed. 



The Widmannstatten figures are strongly marked and distinctive, the special feature being the large masses of 

 plessite. 



Analysis by H. N. Stokes: 



Fe Ni Co Cu Si P S C 



91. 96 6. 70 0. 50 0. 03 trace 0. 11 0. 01 trace? =99. 31 



The only other meteorite to my knowledge fo\md in that portion of the State is the Losttown found in 1868 and 

 described by Shepard . 



This, however, is very different in appearance and composition, containing 6.70 per cent of nickel, while the 

 latter contains only 3.66 per cent, which alone would be sufficient to distinguish them. 



The name indicated by Howell for the meteorite in the title to his paper was the Cherokee 

 meteorite. Owing to the proximity of the place of find to that of the Losttown meteorite 

 Brezina 2 included Cherokee Mills with Losttown. In this he was followed by Wulfing. 3 

 In Ward's 4 catalogue, however, the two are separated as they doubtless should be on 

 account of their differences in structure, and the name Canton given to the above described 

 meteorite. 



The meteorite is distributed. 



