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meteorite shows abrasion and removal of the crust in several places, in 

 a manner that might have been caused by the striking of this end against 

 boards. The penetrated board has the brittleness peculiar to hemlock 

 and hence might offer less resistance to a falling body than some other 

 kinds of wood. The barn stands in a north and south direction with 

 the roof sloping east and west. The stone fell upon the east slope of the 

 roof and appears to have come from a direction a little south of east. 



The stone is comparable in size and shape to a man's fist. Its 

 appearance on several different sides is shown in Plates V and VI. It 

 weighed a little less than 2 pounds, the exact weight being 27^ ounces, 

 or 772 grams. The specific gravity of the stone as a whole was 3.43. 

 Its length was 4^ inches (11.5 cm.), width 3 inches (8 cm.) and height 

 2^ inches (6 cm.). One relatively broad, though somewhat rounded, 

 surface forms a base from which the other surfaces rise more or less 

 irregularly. These irregular surfaces nearly all show pitting such as 

 usually characterizes meteorites, but the pits are especially numerous 

 over the concave surfaces. The pits are shallow, irregular in outline, 

 and have an average diameter of about yi inch (6 mm.). More unusual 

 than the pitted surfaces are two nearly plane surfaces each of about one 

 square inch (2.5 sq. cm.) in area which come together with a third slight- 

 ly pitted surface to form a rather steep pyramid at one end of the stone. 

 This aspect of the stone is shown in Plate VI. This end of the stone 

 resembles a tool shaped for piercing or boring. On the edges produced 

 by the joining of these three planes there is a marked smoothing of the 

 crust, its surface being compact and glossy. This smoothing extended 

 on one edge for about 4 inches (10 cm.), on the other two about one 

 inch (2.5 cm.). It may have been due to the friction of passing through 

 the boards of the roof and loft if this portion of the meteorite was in 

 front, but whether such was really the case the writer is unable to state. 



The meteorite when received was nearly covered by a black crust. 

 Where the crust was lacking the lack was evidently due to abrasion from 

 striking the barn and to the removal of portions by the finder for exami- 

 nation. The crust was dull, rough, thin, and adhered firmly to the in- 

 terior. Under the lens its surface is seen to be covered by a network of 

 little ridges of matter which had been formed by flowing when in a fused 

 state. No definite drift of these ridges could be discerned. While much 

 of the meteorite is covered with crust of this character over some sur- 

 faces the crust takes the form of little, dark, glassy spherules thickly 

 scattered over the gray surface of the interior. The continuous crust 

 is more or less penetrated by meandering cracks which give the surface 

 a crackled appearance. While the general color of the crust is black, 

 at the bottom of many of the pits and in the shelter of overhanging edges 



