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BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1. 1859: Harris. Dissert. Gottingen, pp. 99-100. (As established in Costa Rica, August 1, 1858.) 



2. 1859: Domeyko. Annales Univ. Chile, 1859, p. 325. 



3. 1863: Buchner. Meteoriten, pp. 93-94. 



4. 1858-1865: von Reichenbach. No. 6, p. 455; No. 9, pp. 162, 171, 180; No. 11, pp. 294 and 301; No. 12, p. 454; 



No. 24, p. 228; and No. 25, pp. 422, 427, 431, and 608. 



5. 1885: Brezina. Wiener Sammlung, pp. 190 and 233. 



6. 1895: Brezina. Wiener Sammlung, p. 257. 



Highland County. See Pricetown. 



HOLLANDS STORE. 



Chattooga County, Georgia. 



Here also Chatooga County. 



Latitude 34° 22' N., longitude 85° 26' W. 



Iron. Brecciated hexahedrite (Hb) of Brezina; Caillite (type 18) of Meunier. 



Found 1887; described 1887. 



Weight, 12.5 kgs. (27 lbs.). 



This meteorite was described by Kunz 1 as follows: 



This mass of meteoric iron was found by Mr. W. J. Fox, about March 27, 1887, on his farm in Hollands Store, Chat- 

 tooga County, Georgia. In all 27 pounds (12.5 kg.) were found, but the mass fell into the hands of parties from Alabama 

 who were interested in developing iron mines, and was broken in pieces, three of which, weighing 9, 1.5, and 0.5 pounds 

 respectively, came into my possession, while the balance were worked into nails, horseshoes, and other forms by the 

 local blacksmiths. It is one of the "Hexaedrische Eisen" of Brezina, with twinning laminas No. 60, and one of the 

 Caillite group of Meunier. The specific gravity as obtained by me is 7.615. 



The smaller of the Whitfield County masses was found 20 miles northeast, and the larger mass 14 miles northeast, of 

 Dalton, while this was found 30 miles southwest of Dalton. The fracture is in part granular, resembling in this respect 

 the Seelasgen iron. But the cleavage is in some parts very marked, and the two cleavage angles measured were 120°. 

 In breaking up the iron four cleavage planes were obtained, one of the surfaces being 2 cm. squaie and two others 3 cm. 

 square each, which were very smooth and bright. On etching with weak nitric acid the iron turned dark and markings 

 became visible that had all the appearance of scratches due to imperfect polishing. In fact they were at first mistaken 

 for scratches, and the iron was twice repolished. In this retpect, and in its hardness it very closely resembles the Butcher 

 irons. They are the Neumann figures, a result of a twinning of the cube described by Tschermak. The iron was then 

 treated with strong nitric acid and evenly dissolved away, with the exception of the eating out of one of the layers 

 parallel with the cleavage face and undoubtedly the same with it. It has included round masses of troilite distributed 

 quite plentifully through it, from 3 to 8 mm. in diameter, and on polishing down the side of the iron these were found 

 so much altered as to be scarcely distinguished as such, rather resembling compact limonite. Lawrencite, chloride 

 of iron, is very plentiful in this iron and collected in large drops on the surface and rolled off into the tray containing 

 the specimen. 



The following analyses were kindly furnished by Mr. J. Edward Whitfield, of the U. S. Geological Survey: 



12 3 



Fe 94. 67 94. 66 94. 60 



Ni 4.97 



Co 21 



P 207 



99. 987 

 The specific gravity of the largest piece received is 7.801. 

 There is a very slight trace of S and C but hardly enough to determine. 



This iron does not bear the slightest resemblance to either of the Whitfield County, Georgia, irons, and is a white 

 iron, whereas the Walker County, Alabama, iron has a bluish cast and was found over 100 miles due east. 



Huntington 2 included Hollands Store with Sancha Estate, Fort Duncan, and Scotts- 

 ville as one fall. 



Fletcher 3 remarked that the character of fracture upon which Huntington based this view 

 is insufficient for such a conclusion. 



Meunier 4 described the iron as very compact, and stated that the presence of nickel is 

 doubtful, and that it shows no figures on etching. 



