ART 21. NEW IRON" METEORITE FROM IDAHO MERRILL. 6 



of quartz sand, possibly derived from the grinding wheel. No 

 graphite, chromite, or diamonds were present. 



The form of the iron, it will be noted, is strikingly like that of 

 Cabin Creek ^ and leads one to speculate on the possibility of its 

 being but a portion of a scale-like fragment torn from a larger 

 mass after entering our atmosphere. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES 



Plate 1. Front and rear views. No»a or irvstseite at E in upper figure. Diraension.s 

 A-B, 50 era., C-D, 50.3 cm. Broken edge at C 



Plate 2. — Side view. Lettering A, B, .ind E as in Plate 1. Maximum thickness F-E, 



21.5 cm. 



2 Amer. Joum. Sci.. vol. 33. June, 1887. pp. 494-499. pi. 13. 



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