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Both Brezina and Wulfing included* the Canton meteorite under this fall, but erroneously, 

 since the latter is of different structure. 



The locality, Losttown, given by Shepard - is not shown on maps as a settlement. There 

 is, however, a creek by this name in Cherokee County to which locality the meteorite can 

 probably be referred with propriety. 



The principal mass of the meteorite (6 pounds, 10 ounces) is in the Amherst College collection. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1. 1868: Shepard. A new locality of meteoric iron in Georgia. Amer. Journ. Sci., 2d ser., vol. 46, pp. 257-258. 



2. 1869: Shepard. Notices of new meteoric irons in the United States. 3. Composition of meteoric iron from Lost- 



town, Cherokee County, Georgia. Amer. Journ. Sci., 2d ser., vol. 47, p. 234. (Analysis.) 



3. 1895: Brezina. Wiener Sammlung, p. 279. 



Louisiana. See Red River. 



LUCKY HILL. 



St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies. 

 Latitude 18° HV N., longitude 77° 20' W. 

 Iron. Medium octahedrite (Om) of Brezina. 

 Found, 1885. 

 Weight (assignable), 3,406 grams (7 lbs.). 



Regarding the history and characters of this meteorite little or nothing seems to have been 

 published. It is mentioned in several catalogues with the above data, but no more. The first 

 mention seems to have been by von Hauer l in 1886. 



Brezina 2 makes the following mention: 

 Lucky Hill (medium octahedrite) is a deeply divided iron which in pieces is entirely broken up into lamellae. 



Wiilfing 3 includes in the literature of this fall an account of a meteor seen by Barham in 

 Jamaica about 1700, the account being published in 1720. There seems to be no reason for 

 connecting the two, however. 



The meteorite is chiefly preserved (3,280 grams) in the Museum of Practical Geology, 

 London. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



1. 1886: v. Hauer. Ann. K. K. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, Bd. 2 (Not.), p. 39. 



2. 1895: Brezina. Wiener Sammlung, p. 282. 



3. 1897: Wulfing. Die Meteoriten in Sammlungen, p. 215. 



LUIS LOPEZ. 



Socorro County, New Mexico. 



Latitude 34° N., longitude 106° 58' W. 



Iron. Medium octahedrite (Om) of Brezina. 



Found, 1896. 



Weight, 6,903 grams (15 lbs.). 



This meteorite has been described wholly by Preston ' as follows: 



The Luis Lopez siderite is somewhat rectangular in shape and measures 80 by 130 by 195 mm. in its greatest diame- 

 ters; it is the property of Prof. Henry A. Ward, of Chicago. 



When received by Professor Ward it was entire, lacking possibly 40 or 50 grams that had been sawed off one of the 

 prominent protuberances. The actual weight when received was 6,903 grams. The general shape of the mass was 

 quite symmetrical and covered on all sides with large and prominent pittings. 



The outer surface was entirely covered, save the small cutting, with a rather lustrous reddish-brown crust. On 

 cutting the mass numerous troilite nodules ranging in size from 8 to 28 mm. in diameter were found, some sections 

 containing as many as four nodules of large size. There were numerous straight fissures 1 mm. or less in thickness, and 

 from 40 to 70 mm. in length, which are filled with troilite. 



