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The composition of the stone as a whole was found to be — 



Nickeliferous iron (with traces of chromium) 6. 320 



Magnetic pyrites 3. 807 



Silica 56. 168 



Protoxide of iron 18. 108 



Magnesia 10. 406 



Alumina 1. 797 



96. 606 

 Traces of lime, soda, and potassa, with loss 3. 394 



100. 000 

 The earthy portion of the meteor is made up of two (possibly three) distinct minerals. One of these is olivinoid 

 to the amount of one-third or one-half of the entire mass. It is in rounded or subangular grains, like one variety of leucite 

 in certain lavas. Its color is grayish-white, with a tinge of lavender blue. The size of the concretions vary from that 

 of a mustard seed to that of a peppercorn. The other mineral is dark bluish-gray. It is fine granular, approaching 

 compact, and constitutes the paste or cement which holds the alumina and metallic ingredients together. It is impos- 

 sible to separate it for investigation by itself and to determine whether it is a described mineral or new. It seems more 

 probable that it is the latter, and that it belongs to the feldspar genus. It certainly differs from howardite and from 

 anorthite by very marked properties. 



Wadsworth 4 gave the folio wing observations: 



The specimen in the Harvard College cabinet shows the usual chondritic structure and contains considerable iron. 

 The grayish-white minerals with a tinge of lavender blue are the chondri which are well marked in this meteorite. It 

 possesses a striking similarity to the Iowa County meteorite, although the chondri are somewhat smaller. Judging from 

 the general character of the Cabarrus meteorite, it is probable that Shepard's analysis is incorrect, and it is to be hoped 

 that a new one will be made. 



Tschermak 6 figure an olivine chondrus of the meteorite surrounded by an iron rim. 



The name Flows was first applied to this meteorite by Farrington 7 who states that the 

 name of Monroe, Cabarrus County, often applied to the meteorite, is incorrect, since Monroe is 

 18 miles distant from the place of fall and not in Cabarrus County. The name Flows is suggested 

 since the fall took place near the post office of that name. The origin of the name Monroe as 

 applied to the meteorite is not known to the present writer. 



The meteorite is distributed, but the largest quantity of the mass, 14 pounds 10f ounces, is 

 in the Amherst collection. In addition Wulfing lists 4,798 grams. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1. 1850: Gibbon. Meteorite in North Carolina. Amer. Journ. Sci., 2d ser., vol. 9, pp. 143-146. 



2. 1850: Shepard. Meteoric stone of Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Proc. Amer. Assoc. Adv. Sci., pp. 149-151 



(analysis and cut of stone); and Amer. Journ. Sci., 2d ser., vol. 10, pp. 127-128 (analysis). 



3. 1859-1865: von Reichenbach. No. 9, pp. 162, 171, and 180; No. 10, pp. 359 and 363; No 13, p. 358; No. 20, p. 



623; and No. 25, pp. 432 and 607. 



4. 1880: Hahn. Die Meteorite (Chondrite) und ihre Organismen; Tubingen, pi. 13, fig. 6; pi. 24, fig. 6. 



5. 1884: Wadsworth. Studies, pp. 103-104, and 187. 



6. 1883-1885: Tschermak. Photographien, PI. 19, pp. 16 and 17. 



7. 1903: Farrington. Catalogue of the collection of meteorites. Publ. Field Col. Mus., Geol. ser., vol. 2, p. 96. 



Floyd County. See Indian Valley. 



Floyd Mountain. See Indian Valley. 



Fomatlan. See Tomatlan. 



FOREST CITY. 



Winnebago County, Iowa. 



Here also Kossuth County, Leland, and Winnebago County. 

 Latitude 43° 15' N., longitude 93° 45' W. 



Stone. Brecciated spherical chondrite (Ccb) of Brezina; Chantonnite (type 42) of Meunier. 

 Fell 5.15 p. m., May 2, 1890; described 1890. 



Weight: Shower of stones, 5 large ones of 80, 66, 10, 4, and 4 pounds, respectively, and 500 to 1,000 

 weighing from 0.05 to 20 ounces each. 



