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fall by the father of one of the oldest Indians about one hundred years before. It is also stated 

 that Widmannstatten figures can be dimly seen on the outer surface of the mass and can be 

 brought out beautifully by acids. Most of the mass is still in the possession of the Mining 

 Bureau. 



Ward 2 states that an etched face in his possession shows typical and prominent Widmann- 

 statten figures with an unusual abundance of taenite bands. The label of the meteorite, as it is 

 exhibited in the State Mining Bureau, gives the following analysis: 



Fe Ni Co P S Cu C Loss 



92.56 7.11 0.12 0.12 0.04 trace trace 0.05 =100.00 



The exterior of the iron is bright nickel-white in color, indicating a rather recent fall. Its 

 shape is that of a low cone, indicating orientation, and it is deeply pitted. Specific gravity, 7.76. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1. 1888: California State Mining Bureau. First annual catalogue, revised and reprinted, p. 215. 



2. 1900: Ward. Catalogue of the Ward-Coonley collection of meteorites, p. 8. 



CHTJLAFINEE. 



Cleburne County, Alabama. 



Latitude 30° 30' N., longitude 85° 35' W. 



Iron. Medium octahedrite (Om) of Brezina. 



Found, 1873; described, 1880. 



Weight, 16.2 kgs. (35.75 lbs.). 



This meteorite is thus described by Hidden: * 



Some time in 1873, while the Rev. John F. Watson was plowing on a newly cleared piece of land near Chulafinee, 

 Cleburne County, Alabama, he turned up a heavy mass of metal. He supposed it to be a rich specimen of bog-iron ore, 

 which exists in considerable quantity in that vicinity, and took the mass home. It was originally thickly encrusted 

 with scales of rust of a red-brown color, which fell off on heating in a blacksmith's forge to test the nature of the mass. 

 The blacksmith removed 3.25 pounds, which he worked into horseshoe nails and a plow point. 



The mass was somewhat triangular in shape and measured 25 cm. in diameter by 6 cm. in thickness. Its weight 

 was 32.5 pounds (14.75 kg.), exclusive of the 3.25 pounds above mentioned. 



Analysis of the iron by J. B. Mackintosh 2 gave: 



Fe Ni Co P and 



91.608 7.368 0.500 1.70 =99.646 



The mass came into the possession of the Vienna Museum and Brezina 3 observed as follows 

 regarding it : 



There were many large open cracks on the outside of the iron which penetrated deeply into the interior. In many 

 places scattered over the entire surface the original fusion-crust was still distinctly visible and conspicuous on account 

 of its peculiar reddish-brown color and sharp distinction from the iron mass. In two places the fusion crust showed 

 especially beautiful hues of flow which, running away toward the edge of the mass, indicated the direction of the flight 

 of the meteor. On etching, the iron was attacked with difficulty and the kamacite showed at the beginning of the 

 process no etching figures, but only a confused mottled glimmering. Only by long continued etching did the figures 

 appear distinctly. Upon a large face having symmetrical figures there appeared a very small portion, embracing only 

 a few short laminae of a readily soluble iron, which just at first showed beautiful etching lines and afterwards was of 

 similar aspect to the main portion of the mass. 



Upon etching it is also shown that the numerous cracks run parallel to octahedral laminae, having on the whole a 

 crooked course. They are composed of octahedral cleavages arranged en echelon. An inclusion of magnetite found 

 upon this cleft gave the impression that this was formed in a late stage of the flight if not actually upon the earth. The 

 iron is rich in small inclusions of graphite with which troilite is associated sparingly and subordinately. 



Later the same author 4 noted numerous troilite points distributed through the whole mass. 

 Larger troilite nodules are at times intermingled with the graphite. Troilite particles are also 

 described bordered with tsenite, giving the former the appearance of being inclosed in brackets. 

 The banded structure of the kamacite is noted as in many places changing to granular. The 

 width of the laminae is given as 0.6 mm. 



This iron is chiefly preserved in the Vienna Museum. 



